MAYOR     JONES; 


OR, 


MY     CIGAR. 


TOO  MUCH  TRUTH  FOR  A  NOVEL. 


•'As  antidote  against  all  care, 
Give  me,  ye  gods,  a  good  cigar." 


BY 

AMICUS  DEGOHIS. 


NEW  YORK: 
PUBLISHED  BY  M.  W.  DODD, 

BRICK  CHURCH  CHAPEL,  OPPOSITE  THE  CITY  HALL. 

1846. 


ENTERED,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1846,  by 
M.      W.      D  O  DD, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States, 
for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York. 


MAYOR  JONES j  OR,  MY  CIGAR, 


CHAPTER  I. 

ON    BOARD    THE    HENDRICK    HUDSON. 

"  WELL,  William,  I  have  thrown  away  my 
cigar,"  said  James  Carnaham,  as  he  took  his 
seat  beside  William  Devereaux  on  the  prome 
nade  deck  of  the  Hendrick  Hudson,  just  then 
on  the  point  of  starting  for  Albany;  "  I  have 
quit  the  use  of  tobacco  forever" 

"  Indeed  !  Since  man  has  harnessed  the 
steam  and  chained  the  lightning,  I  ought  not 
to  be  surprised  that  some  enthusiast  has  curbed 
your  smoking  propensity;  but  really,  James, 
1  should  be  no  more  surprised  to  hear  that  Ve 
suvius  had  gone  out,  or  that  they  were  plant 
ing  corn  in  the  crater  of  Etna,  or,  what  is 
more  yet,  that  you  had  forsaken  your  charm 
ing  Adelaide.  This  may  date  a  new  era  in 
the  tobacco  reform."  *' 

"  This  is  a  world  of  strange  events,  but  one 
of  the  strangest  of  all  is  that  men  should  be 
come  addicted  to  that  vile  habit  of  using  to 
bacco.  I  have  long  thought  it  a  most  filthy 


ENTERED,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1846,  by 
M.      W.      D  O  DD, 

In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  the  United  States, 
for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York. 


MAYOR  JONES;  OR,  MY  CIGAR, 


CHAPTER  I. 

ON    BOARD    THE    HENDRICK    HUDSON. 

"  WELL,  William,  I  have  thrown  away  my 
cigar,"  said  James  Carnaham,  as  he  took  his 
seat  beside  William  Devereaux  on  the  prome 
nade  deck  of  the  Hendrick  Hudson,  just  then 
on  the  point  of  starting  for  Albany;  "  I  have 
quit  the  use  of  tobacco  forever" 

"  Indeed  !  Since  man  has  harnessed  the 
steam  and  chained  the  lightning,  I  ought  not 
to  be  surprised  that  some  enthusiast  has  curbed 
your  smoking  propensity;  but  really,  James, 
1  should  be  no  more  surprised  to  hear  that  Ve 
suvius  had  gone  out,  or  that  they  were  plant 
ing  corn  in  the  crater  of  Etna,  or,  what  is 
more  yet,  that  you  had  forsaken  your  charm 
ing  Adelaide.  This  may  date  a  new  era  in 
the  tobacco  reform."  * 

"  This  is  a  world  of  strange  events,  but  one 
of  the  strangest  of  all  is  that  men  should  be 
come  addicted  to  that  vile  habit  of  vising  to 
bacco.  I  have  long  thought  it  a  most  filthy 


4  MAYOR    JONES  ]    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

practice,  but  had  not  decision  enough  to  forsake 
it.  and,  to  tell  you  the  truth,"  said  he,  speak 
ing  in  a  lower  tone,  "  I  was  afraid  my  Adelaide 
would  forsake  me,  if  I  did  not  quit  a  practice 
which  I  knew  was  offensive  to  her." 

"  You  bring  strange  things  to  my  ears. 
Pray  tell  me  how  all  this  is." 

"  I  was  standing  on  the  steps  of  the  Astor 
House  this  morning,  conversing  with  my  friend 
Mr.  Packenham,  when  a  gentleman  with  two 
beautiful  young  ladies  passed  in  a  splendid 
carriage,  and  as  the  gentleman  and  my  friend 
gave  each  other  the  familiar  tokens  of  recog 
nition,  I  enquired  concerning  him." 

"  i  If  you  have  no  business  that  calls  for  your 
immediate  attention,'  said  h.e,  '  if  you  will 
step  into  my  room  I  will  give  you  a  sketch  of 
his  history.  Will  you  go  along  with  us?'  said 
he,  turning  to  two  or  three  other  gentlemen. 

"  After  having  seated  myself  by  an  open 
window,  that  I  might  enjoy  my  regalia,  'he 
began.  {  As  I  perceive  you  are  immoderately 
attached  to  the  cigar,'  said  he,  turning  to  me, 
4 1  am  desirous  of  showing  you  how  great  a 
matter  that  little  fire  of  your  cigar  may  kin 
dle.7  » 

That  gentleman,  who  just  passed  with  his 
daughters,  is  the  Hon.  Mr.  Jones,  a  mayor  of 
one  of  our  eastern  cities.  About  thirty-five 
years  ago,  Mr.  Jones  and  five  other  young 
men,  including  myself,  were  spending  an  eve 
ning  together.  Some  fine  cigars  were  intro- 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  5 

duced,  and  I  was  invited  to  participate  in  the 
pleasure  of  smoking,  but  as  my  observation  on 
the  use  of  tobacco  had  convinced  me  that  it 
was  not  only  a  useless,  but  also  an  expensive 
and  injurious  article,  and  as  I  had  abandoned 
it  myself,  I  took  the  liberty  of  making  some 
remarks  on  its  deleterious  properties  and  influ 
ence.  When  I  had  concluded,  Jones  took  his 
cigar  from  his  mouth  and  threw  it  into  the 
bright  coal  fire ; — it  was  the  month  of  Janu 
ary.  "  There  goes  my  cigar,"  said  he ;  "  good 
or  bad,  1  never  more  will  use  that  vile  weed. 
Such  have  been  my  convictions  respecting  it 
for  a  considerable  length  of  time  that  I  only 
needed  something  to  fortify  me,  in  order  to 
break  from  it  forever."  The  other  young  gen 
tlemen,  Prosper  Horton,  Artemon  Wells,  Pronto 
Saunders  and  Evander  Walch  laughed  hear 
tily  at  the  decision  of  Jones,  puffed  away  and 
said  that  they  were  not  prepared  to  cut  ac 
quaintance  with  so  good  a  friend,  without  the 
most  substantial  evidence  against  it.  They 
did  not  dispute  my  word,  they  said,  but  they 
had  known  many  of  the  most  respectable 
men,  who  had  used  it  from  their  youth,  and 
to  them  it  was  certainly  a  great  source  of  in 
nocent  enjoyment. 

Let  us  now  glance  at  the  history  of  these 
men.  Two  of  them  are  dead  and"  three  are 
still  living.  You  will  perceive  that  tobacco 
forms  an  important  article  in  their  history,  and 
its  use  has  tended  very  much  to  make  the  dif 
ference  between  them.  We  were,  all  of  us. 


O  MAYOR    JONES  ]    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

at  the  time  of  which  I  am  speaking,  about 
twenty  years  of  age.  The  circumstances  I 
am  about  to  relate,  I  am  persuaded  are  not  of 
rare  occurrence.  The  only  reason  that  so 
many  incidents  in  relation  to  it  are  gathered 
in  so  small  a  compass  of  history,  is  that  I  have 
been  an  attentive  observer  of  the  influence  of 
tobacco  upon  the  bodies  and  minds  of  men  for 
a  considerable  term  of  years.  Whenever  the 
attention  of  community  in  general  is  turned 
to  it,  with  equal  interest,  its  use  will  cease  to 
be  regarded  as  beneficial  or  harmless. 


CHAPTER  II. 

AUGUSTUS  JONES  was  the  son  of  respectable 
but  poor  parents.  His  father  had  been  doing 
a  good  business  and  in  comfortable  circum 
stances,  but  unexpected  events,  utterly  beyond 
his  control,  had  exceedingly  reduced  him, 
when  Augustus  was  but  a  youth.  He  received 
such  an  education  as  could  be  obtained  at  an 
excellent  district  school ;  and,  at  the  age  of 
fourteen  was  put  to  a  trade.  At  this  early 
period  he  was  noted  for  an  amiable  disposition, 
untiring  industry,  and  a  remarkable  prompt 
ness  in  all  his  decisions  and  actions.  He  had 
just  finished  his  apprenticeship,  at  the  time  of 
which  I  am  speaking,  having  secured  the  es 
teem  and  affection  of  the  worthy  gentleman 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  7 

with  whom  he  had  served  his  time,  and  was 
about  commencing  business  in  his  own  name. 

It  has  often  been  observed  that  circum 
stances  make  men,  but  it  is  equally  true  that 
some  men  make  circumstances,  and  of  the 
two,  the  latter  are  the  presiding  spirits  of  the 
age  in  which  they  live.  They  are  their  own 
artificers,  and  impress  their  spirit  and  charac 
ter  upon  a  large  circle  of  the  community. 
They  are  independent  of  circumstances,  and 
live,  and  rise,  and  exercise  an  influence  above 
them  and  in  opposition  to  them.  For  what 
they  are,  they  are  indebted  to  no  fortuitous 
and  happy  event.  Like  Napoleon,  who  dis 
dained  to  receive  from  the  hands  of  another 
a  crown  which  his  own  daring  spirit  had 
wrought  for  himself,  these  men  originate  the 
events  which  distinguish  their  times.  They 
give  a  lustre  to  events  instead  of  receiving  it 
from  them.  Under  any  times  they  would  be 
distinguished,  and  work  their  way  to  fame 
and  wealth. 

The  circumstances  under  which  Mr.  Jones 
commenced  his  course  were  anything  but  en 
couraging.  But  he  was  above  them.  He 
had  a  spirit  within  him  which  never  cowered 
in  difficulty,  and  could  smile  at  a  storm.  The 
increasing  infirmities  and  reduced  circum 
stances  of  his  parents  made  it  necessary  that 
he  should  assist  them,  and  these  demands, 
thus  early  upon  his  enterprise  and  resources, 
which  would  have  sunk  the  spirits  and  with 
ered  the  energies  of  many,  gave  impulse  and 


8  '          MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CTGAR. 

courage  to  him.  To  his  everlasting-  honor 
be  it  told,  that  by  his  untiring  industry  he 
maintained  them  and  the  younger  member? 
of  the  family  in  comfortable  and  respectable 
circumstances,  making  them  equal  sharers  with 
himself  in  all  the  blessings  which  a  kind  Pro 
vidence  showered  in  his  path,  until  he  at 
tained,  they  more  pleased  than  he.  to  his  pre 
sent  state  of  unparalleled  prosperity.  A  few 
years  since,  his  parents,  after  long  enjoying 
the  affluence,  but  much  more  the  character 
and  promise  of  their  son,  were  gathered  to  the 
"  house  appointed  for  all  the  living." 

After  carrying  on  the  business  of  his  trade 
about  five  years,  Mr.  Jones  went  into  the  vil 
lage  of  A .  and  opened  a  small  country 

store.  He  was  not  long1  in  obtaining  the  con- 
fidence  and  respect  of  the  whole  community, 
and  did  a  moderate  but  profitable  business. 
After  residing  here  about  two  years,  an  inci 
dent  occurred  that  ought  to  be  noted.  His 
business*  had  so  very  considerably  increased 
that  he  needed  and  procured  the  services  of  a 
competent  clerk.  He  was  a  capable  and  wor 
thy  young  man,  with  the  exception  that  he 
was  an  inveterate  smoker.  As  soon  as  Mr. 
Jones  perceived  this,  he  expostulated  with  him 
on  the  evil  of  the  practice,  and  besought  him 
to  lay  it  aside.  But  his  habit  was  too  firmly 
established  to  be  broken  up  by  sage  advice. 
Mr.  Jones  at  length  said  to  him,  "  I  do  not 
wish  to  deprive  you  of  any  enjoyment,  which 
can  be  indulged  with  safety  to  you  and  my- 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  9 

self.  'Tis  but  a  few  weeks  since  that  a  young 
man  in  the  State  of  Vermont  lost  his  life  by 
the  use  of  a  cigar.  He  went  into  the  base 
ment  room  of  a  store,  and,  in  searching  for  an 
article,  he  took  off  the  cover  from  a  keg  of 
powder ;  supposing  it  to  be  onion  seed,  he  took 
some  in  his  hand,  and  while  examining  it, 
with  a  cigar  in  his  mouth,  it  took  fire,  which 
communicated  to  the  keg,  and  the  whole  mass 
exploded  with  a  noise  like  thunder,  shattering 
the  building,  and  blowing  the  young  man  to 
atoms.  I  shall  be  sorry  to  part  with  you,  but 
I  cannot  consent  to  your  smoking  about  these 
premises."  In  a  few  days  the  young  man  left 
him,  having  procured  a  situation  in  the  village 

of  B ,   about   five   miles  distant.      Some 

weeks  afterward,  about  eleven  o'clock  in  the 
evening,  in  the  middle  of  July,  a  bright  light 

was   seen   in   the  direction  of  B .     The 

next  morning  tidings  came  that  the  store  of 

Mr.    Fondu  of   B ,  was  consumed,  with 

nearly  all  its  contents,  on  neither  of  which  was 
there  any  insurance.  That  afternoon  and 
evening  they  had  been  unpacking  some  goods, 
and  a  quantity  of  straw  and  paper  lay  on  the 
floor.  It  was  satisfactorily  ascertained  that 
this  young  clerk  had  thoughtlessly  laid  his 
half-smoked  cigar  on  the  back  counter,  which 
by  some  means  was  brushed  on  the  floor,  just 
before  the  store  was  closed,  and  caused  the 
fire.  You  perceive,  therefore,  that  in  many 
ways  cigars  are  expensive  things. 

"  It  is  certain,"  said  Mr.  Yeritas,  one  of  the 


10  MAYOR    JONES  ]    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

gentlemen  present,  "  that  smokers  do  often 
unconsciously  peril  themselves  and  property. 
A  pedlar  of  powder  told  me,  a  few  years  since, 
that  he  once  ascended  his  wagon  with  a  cigar 
in  his  mouth.  He  felt  his  blood  congeal  with 
fear  as  the  thought  of  his  danger  occurred  to 
him.  In  the  wagon,  at  the  time,  were  about 
five  hundred  pounds  of  powder.  The  owner 

of  a  powder  mill  in  Schaghticoke,  a  Mr.  M , 

was  accustomed  to  use  the  pipe.  His  son,  a 
highly  respectable  gentleman,  informed  me  that 
his  father  once  went  into  the  mill  with  a  pipe 
in  his  mouth.  As  the  workmen  saw  him  en 
ter,  they  silently  but  rapidly  fled,  fearing  to 
speak  lest  he  might  let  his  pipe  fall,  in  the 
trembling  occasioned  by  the  perception  of  his 
danger.  Perceiving  the  workmen  flee,  and 
stand  at  a  distance,  he  thought  of  his  pipe. 
Fearfully  and  cautiously  covering  the  bowl 
of  his  pipe  with  his  hand,  he  withdrew,  and, 
if  I  remember  right,  from  that  moment  he  re 
solved  to  use  the  pipe  no  more." 

"  Such  instances  of  exposure  and  danger," 
continued  Mr.  Packenham,  "  are  frequent^ 
though  not  frequently  noticed." 

There  is  often  in  the  history  of  an  indivi 
dual  a  series  »f  events  so  remarkable  as  to  ap 
pear  marvellous,  and  created  on  purpose  for 
his  special  pleasure  and  behoof.  They  seem 
adapted  to  his  character,  breaking  out  at  short 
intervals,  and  all  together  form  a  galaxy, 
making  his  whole  heaven  luminous.  But  while 
they  seem  to  control  the  destiny  of  the  man. 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  11 

and  appear  like  a  concatenation  of  causes  ne 
cessarily  producing  happy  and  prosperous  re 
sults,  it  is  really  only  the  force  of  his  own  cha 
racter  that  has  inwove  them  into  his  history. 
Other  men  of  less  energy  and  force  may  pass 
similar  incidents  unnoticed,  having  no  such 
magnetic  power  as  to  connect  them  with  them 
selves. 

In  the  summer  of  1823,  I  visited  Mr.  Jones. 
In  the  neighborhood  back  of  the  village  where 
he  resided,  was  a  deep  ravine  pursuing  a  ser 
pentine  course  for  several  miles  into  the  high 
land,  which  extended  west  from  the  beautiful 
Hudson.  This  was  a  place  of  frequent  resort 
for  strangers  from  all  parts  of  the  country. 
The  scenery  was  varied,  romantic,  and  beau 
tiful.  The  ravine  itself  excited  the  admira 
tion  of  all  who  visited  it.  It  was  only  about 
eleven  rods  wide  in  some  parts,  extending  for 
a  mile,  and  then,  again,  it  would  branch  out 
into  a  beautiful  meadow,  embracing  several 
acres  of  rich  soil,  and  the  walls  on  either  side, 
for  the  most  part,  rose  perpendicularly  to  a 
height  of  from  thirty  to  a  hundred  feet.  In 
the  summer  it  was  perfectly  dry,  but  in  the 
spring,  and  during  the  heavy  rains  in  the  fall, 
the  water  pouring  into  it  from  a  large  tract  6*f 
the  country,  made  it  a  deep  and  furious  stream, 
with  water  sufficient  for  half  the  mills  of 
Lowell. 

In  the  afternoon,  Mr.  Jones  and  myself  took 
a  walk  to  this  place  of  public  resort,  to  enjoy 
the  cooi  shade  of  its  high  impervious  rocks. 


12  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

We  had  advanced  but  a  short  distance  from  the 
entrance  before  we  saw  Mr.  Muir,  a  wealthy 

gentleman  of  C ,  who,  in  passing  through 

the  village  with  his  daughter,  an  only  child, 
and  two  nephews,  had  stopped  for  a  few  hours 
to  visit  this  romantic  spot.  When  we  came 
in  sight  of  them,  which  was  not  far  distant 
from  us,  for  the  course  of  the  ravine  was  so 
serpentine  that  in  but  few  spots  could  you  see 
more  than  twenty  or  thirty  rods,  in  any  direc 
tion,  except  into  the  high  heavens  above,  Mr. 
Muir  and  his  two  nephews  were  studiously 
examining  the  geological  nature  and  structure 
of  its  precipitous  walls.  Just  at  that  moment, 
our  attention  was  arrested  by  a  most  angelic 
voice  from  above.  Unobserved  by  Mr.  Muir 
or  his  nephews,  Charlotte,  his  daughter,  obser 
ving  in  a  spot  where  the  walls  stooped,  a 
rough  but  freguented  path  which  led  to  the 
overhanging  precipice,  had  ascended  to  the 
highest  point,  and  perching  herself  upon  the 
very  edge  of  the  cliff,  held  her  bonnet  by  the 
strings,  and  waving  it  to  and  fro  over  the  ra 
vine,  began,  in  high  glee,  to  sing  a  challenge 
to  her  cousins.  Jones,  looking  up,  enraptured 
at  the  sight  of  her  beautiful  form,  her  counte 
nance  glowing  with  delight,  and  her  perfectly 
musical  voice,  involuntarily  exclaimed,  at  the 
same  time  raising  and  extending  his  hands,  "  I 
see  an  angel."  Charlotte,  not  observing  us,  who 
stood  a  little  below  the  group  upon  which  her 
eyes  were  fixed,  and  thinking  the  remark  pro 
ceeded  from  one  of  her  cousins,  laughingly 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  13 

answered,  in  tones  which  to  me  indeed  sound 
ed  the  sweetest  of  any  I  had  ever  heard, 

"  Oh  !  I'm  no  angel     No,  not  I ; 

I'm  but  a  woman  true. 
If  you've  seen  spirits  from  on  high, 
Then  I've  seen  less  than  you.'; 

As  she  concluded,  she  cast  her  eyes  upon  us, 
and  coloring  deeply  at  the  sight  of  strangers, 
she  stepped  back,  seeming,  in  the  modest 
gracefulness  of  her  manner  to  apologize  for 
intruding  upon  the  attention  of  any  but  her 
familiar  friends.  At  the  same  moment  her 
cousins  hasted  to  assist  her  descent.  Her  form 
was  beautiful ;  empyreal  alabaster  could  not 
exceed  the  purity  and  clearness  of  her  com 
plexion  ;  she  was  a  little  excited  by  the  exer 
cise  of  ascending  the  height,  and  her  hair 
hung  in  careless  but  graceful  ringlets  on  her 
shoulders.  Indeed,  she  appeared  like  one  de 
scended  from  a  higher  and  purer  region. 

Jones  was  smitten ;  an  arrow  was  lodged  in 
his  heart ;  a  new  sense  seemed  to  be  opened, 
and  he  felt  pleased  and  pained  at  the  peculiar 
sensation  her  presence  had  inspired.  He  stood 
for  ten  minutes  as  if  nailed  to  the  spot,  alter 
nately  looking  up  to  the  point  where  she  had 
stood,  and  then  following  with  his  eye  every 
path  by  which  she  might  descend.  The  mo 
ment  she  came  in  sight,  a  little  distance  higher 
up  the  ravine,  a  boy  came  from  the  store,  say 
ing  that  a  gentleman  was  wishing  to  see  Mr. 
Jones  immediately.  Reluctantly  he  left  the 
2 


14  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

spot,  every  ten  rods  pausing  and  looking  back. 
Then,  after  passing  along  a  few  minutes  in 
dead  silence,  he  would  say,  "  Packenham,  did 
you  ever  see  so  beautiful  a  creature?"  He  en 
quired  respecting  the  character  and  reputation 
of  Mr.  Muir,  and,  on  learning  his  wealth  and 
standing,  he  modestly  rebuked  down  every 
rising  hope. 

"  It  is  not  in  man  that  walketh  to  direct  his 
steps."  We  often  effect  what  we  did  not  de 
sign  by  our  labors.  In  our  journeyings  and 
transaction  of  business,  we  often  fall  upon 
scenes,  and  form  relations  which  we  had  not 
anticipated,  and  we  find  ourselves  encompassed 
with  difficulties  by  unexpected  means,  or  those 
which  have  existed  disappear  like  the  mists  of 
the  morning.  Notwithstanding  the  active 
agency  of  man  in  working  out  his  own  desti 
ny,  the  observation  of  every  day  may,  to  an 
intelligent  and  observing  mind,  illustrate  and 
impress  the  ancient  proverb,  "  The  lot  is  cast 
into  the  lap ;  but  the  whole  disposing  thereof 
is  of  the  Lord." 

In  the  fall  of  1824,  Mr.  Jones  had  occasion 
to  pass  through  the  village  of  D on  busi 
ness,  where  he  stopped  for  the  night.  About 
midnight,  the  cry  of  fire  awoke  him.  Look 
ing  from  his  chamber  window,  he  saw  that  it 
was  the  public-house  nearly  opposite.  He 
hastily  dressed  himself,  and  on  arriving  at  the 
spot,  he  saw  a  gentleman,  without  hat  or  coat, 
wringing  his  hands  in  perfect  agony,  and  offer 
ing  any  sum  of  money,  to  any  one  who 


MAYOR    JONES  *,    OR,    MY   CIGAR.  15 

would  save  his  daughter,  his  own  temporary 
lameness  rendering  it  impossible  for  him  to 
make  the  attempt.  The  room  was  pointed  out, 
which  was  directly  over  one  into  which  the  fire 
had  just  burst  below,  and  there  was  no  access 
to  it  but  by  ascending  the  stairs,  then  turning 
and  retracing  half  the  length  of  the  hall ;  at 
the  same  time  it  could  be  perceived  that  the 
flames  were  just  ready  to  envelop  the  stair 
case,  and  render  her  deliverance  impossible. 
There  was  no  time  to  be  lost,  and  no  one 
dared  to  venture.  On  learning  her  exact  po 
sition  and  the  doors  to  be  passed  before  arriving 
at  her's,  Mr.  Jones  rushed  into  the  dense 
smoke,  and  in  an  instant  he  was  at  her  cham 
ber  door,  which  he  found  closed.  She  had  has 
tily  dressed  herself,  and  in  trying  to  open  the 
door,  had  swooned  and  sunk  down  by  it.  ME. 
Jones  suspected  this,  on  perceiving  the  resist 
ance  of  some  yielding  substance  in  opening 
the  door,  and  he  therefore  used  all  the  care 
which  the  urgency  of  the  case  would  admit. 
The  peril  and  importance  of  his  undertaking 
having  given  him  unwonted  strength,  he  took 
her  in  his  arms,  like  a  child,  and  in  an  incre 
dibly  short  space  of  time  he  had  descended  the 
stairs.  The  moment  he  passed  out  of  the 
door,  the  fire  drove  through  the  partition,  and 
the  hall  was  one  sheet  of  flame.  The  ago 
nized  father,  half  delirious  with  commingled 
fear  and  hope,  clasped  her  in  his  arms,  ex 
claiming,  "O,  my  Charlotte,  everlasting  thanks 
to  a  kind  Providence  for  your  deliverance  !" 


16  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

On  perceiving  that  she  was  unconscious,  it  ex 
cited  such  another  emotion  of  fear,  as  almost 
to  overpower  him.  She  was  conveyed  to  a 
family  of  great  worth  and  kindness,  a  little 
distant,  where,  under  the  hands  of  a  skillful 
physician,  she  was  soon  restored  to  conscious 
ness  and  health. 

Th,is  fire,  which  occasioned  the  destruction 
of  considerable  property,  and  which  came  near 
destroying  a  valuable  life,  and  blasting  the 
joys,  and  bringing  down  the  gray  hairs  of  a 
fond  father  with  sorrow  to  the  grave,  was 
caused  by  throwing  a  bit  of  a  lighted  cigar 
into  a  wooden  receptacle  of  the  filthy  saliva 
tions  of  tobacco  consumers,  filled  with  saw 
dust. 

It  is  strange  that  we  often  find  our  greatest 
blessings  when  we  least  look  for  them.  What 
is  death  to  one,  is  life  to  another.  The  tempest 
which  foams  the  ocean  to  feathers,  and  dashes 
the  stately  ship  to  atoms,  and  buries  nearly  all 
her  passengers  and  crew  in  the  "  deep,  deep 
sea,"  brings  two  ardent  lovers  together,  or 
throws  a  long-lost  child  into  the  arms  of  a  dis 
tressed  and  affectionate  parent,  and  the  actual 
result  of  the  tempest  is,  perhaps,  the  saving 
of  ten  times  the  amount  of  property  and  life 
that  was  destroyed.  What  we  first  esteem  as 
the  greatest  calamity,  is  often  actually  the 
greatest  mercy.  This  is  so  frequently  the 
case,  that  were  we  to  look  only  at  the  final  re 
sult  of  events,  and  call  things  by  their  names, 
we  should  call  things  adverse,  by  the  names 


MAYOR   JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  17 

by  which  we  designate  things  pleasing  and 
prosperous.  The  dark  tempest  would  be  called 
a  beautiful  sunshine  and  bland  breeze,  and 
the  refreshing,  cool  zephyr  of  summer  a  low 
ering  tempest  and  dashing  thunder-storm ;  sick 
ness  would  be  designated  as  health,  and  health 
as  sickness ;  death  as  life,  and  life  as  death. 
Providence  loves  to  surprise  us.  The  highest 
mount  of  danger,  is  the  very  point  on  which 
first  lights  the  sun's  beams. 

Judge  of  the  surprise  of  Mr.  Jones,  when 
he  called  the  next  morning,  to  find  that  the 
young  lady  whom,  at  such  hazard,  he  had 
saved  from  imminent  death,  was  the  "  angel" 
which  he  had  seen  perched  upon  the  cliff 
overhanging  the  ravine  in  the  rear  of  his  own 
village.  On  being  informed  that  he  was  her 
deliverer,  her  eyes  sparkled  amid  tears,  and 
she  looked  more  gratitude  than  tongue  can 
express.  His  image  was  daguerreotyped  upon 
her  vision.  There  was  a  mutual  affinity  which 
both  felt,  and  blushed  lest  their  hearts  should 
speak  unbidden.  Jones  sought  retirement  un 
til  the  rush  of  his  emotions  had  subsided,  and 
he  could  command  his  feelings. 

Mr.  Muir  said  to  him,  when  he  had  again 
called  to  take  leave,  "  Sir,  I  cannot  sufficiently 
reward  you  for  your  fearless  courage  and  dis 
interested  kindness.  You  have  saved  a  life 
dearer  to  me  than  my  own.  I  shall  ever  feel 
a  gratitude  beyond  the  power  of  utterance. 
Will  you  do  me  the  kindness  to  accept  of  this 
feeble  expression  of  it?"  handing  him  a  check 
2* 


18  MAYOR   JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

for  three  thousand  dollars.  Mr.  Jones  very 
courteously  but  absolutely  refused,  saying  that 
he  was  already  more  than  paid  for  what  he 
had  done.  After  Mr.  Muir  had  obtained  a 
promise  from  Mr.  Jones  to  make  him  an  early 
visit,  they  parted. 

The  business  of  Mr.  Muir,  which  had  often 
called  him  to  Montreal,  was  now  closed,  and 
he  was  returning,  by  slow  and  easy  stages,  for 
the  pleasure  and  benefit  of  his  daughter,  as  he 
thought  it  not  probable  that  he  should  very 
soon,  if  ever,  pass  through  that  part  of  the 
country  again. 

Mr.  Jones  redeemed  his  promise  to  make 
an  early  visit  to  the  house  of  Mr.  Muir.  Of 
ten  afterwards  was  he  seen  on  his  way  to 
the  city  of  which  he  is  now  mayor,  and  al 
ways  was  he  cordially  welcomed  by  Mr.  Muir, 
who  was  not  slow  in  perceiving  that  Charlotte 
felt  more  than  grateful  to  her  deliverer.  On  an 
acquaintance  with  Mr.  Jones,  and  on  learning 
his  character  and  standing  in  the  community 
where  he  was  intimately  known,  the  disparity 
in  circumstances  formed  no  objection  in  the 
mind  of  Mr.  Muir  to  the  consummation  of  a 
union  evidently  designed  in  the  providence  of 
God.  It  should  have  been  stated  that  the 
excellent  and  amiable  wife  of  Mr.  Muir  died 
about  four  years  previous  to  Charlotte's  escape 
from  the  fire. 

In  the  spring  of  1825,  amid  a  splendid 
party  of  the  first  people  of  the  city  and  coun 
try,  the  union  of  two  hearts  which  had  long 


OR,    MY    CIGAR.  19 

been  wedded,  was  publicly  ratified  and  sealed. 
Often  has  Mr.  Jones  remarked  to  me,  that  he 
received  in  Charlotte  a  treasure  worth  ten 
times  the  fortune  of  her  father.  Soon  after 
his  marriage,  at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  his 
father-in-law,  he  removed  to  the  city  and  went 
into  business  with  him.  •  Mr.  Muir  died  in  the 
fall  of  1840,  leaving  an  estate  to  Mr.  Jones  of 
about  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars, 
after  bequeathing  a, considerable  sum  to  friends 
and  benevolent  objects.  Mr.  Jones  has  ever 
been  prosperous,  and  he  always  insists  that 
the  corner-stone  of  his  glory  was  laid,  when 
he  threw  his  cigar  in  the  fire  in  1811,  and 
formed  the  undying  purpose  never  more  to  use 
tobacco.  But  for  that  he  might  now  have 
been  poor,  if  not  penniless.  This  will  be  ex 
plained  in  the  sequel. 


CHAPTER  III. 

PROSPER  HORTON  was  the  youngest  of  four 
sons  of  respectable  parents,  in  affluent  circum 
stances.  His  father  made  him  a  clerk  in  his 
store  when  he  was  quite  a  youth,  and  he  was 
regarded  by  all  who  knew  him  as  a  respectable, 
promising  young  man.  His  father  died  in 
1815,  leaving  to  each  of  his  sons  property  to 
the  amount  of  about  five  thousand  dollars. 
Prosper  very  early  became  an  inveterate  user 


20  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

of  tobacco,  chewing  all  the  time,  and  smoking 
nearly  all,  and  occasionally  snuffing.  He  had 
sufficient  means  and  ability  to  do  a  prosperous 
business,  but  his  excessive  use  of  tobacco  occa 
sioned  a  lassitude,  and  indisposition  for  the  in 
dustry  and  toil  essential  to  a  marked  prospe 
rity.  He  was  a  large,*well-built  man,  and,  but 
for  the  use  of  tobacco,  he  had  a  constitution 
which  would  carry  him  beyond  the  frosts  of 
threescore  years  and  ten.  At  the  early  age 
of  twenty-four,  he  became  very  dyspeptic ;  life 
was,  to  him,  bereft  of  every  enjoyment,  and 
his  strong  frame  seemed  to  be  bending  towards 
a  premature  grave.  His  physician  advised 
him,  as  the  best  means  of  recovering  his  health, 
to  take  a  voyage  to  sea.  If,  instead  of  this, 
he  had  advised  and  persuaded  him  to  quit  the 
use  of  tobacco,  he  might  have  been  a  well  and 
prosperous  man.  Tobacco  was  the  primary 
cause  of  his  ill  health,  and  its  continual  use 
the  only  thing  that  rendered  a  voyage  to  sea 
necessary,  and  it  was  therefore  the  direct  cause 
of  his  death.  He  sailed  on  a  whaling  voyage 
in  the  Neville  Beaufort,  in  the  spring  of 
1817. 

"  Captain  Scoresby,"  said  Mr.  Packenham, 
<{  as  you  are  acquainted  with  that  business, 
will  you  furnish  us  with  a  brief  account  of  the 
manner  in  which  those  giants  of  the  deep  are 
taken.  It  may  serve  to  explain  the  manner 
of  my  friend's  death  ?" 

"  That  I  will  do,  gentlemen,  with  pleasure," 
said  he,  "  if  you  can  consent  to  turn  your 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  21 

thoughts,  for  a  few  moments,  from  the  inter 
esting  narrative  of  our  friend  Mr.  Packen- 
harn. 

"  On  fishing  stations,  when  the  weather  is 
such  as  to  render  the  fishing  practicable,  the 
boats  are  always  ready  for  instant  service. 
Suspended  from  davits  or  cranes  by  the  side  of 
the  ship,  furnished  with  the  requisite  imple 
ments,  two  boats  at  least,  the  crews  of  which 
are  always  in  readiness,  can,  in  a  general  way, 
be  manned  and  lowered  into  the  water,  within 
the  space  of  a^minute  of  time. 

"  Whenever  tlfere  is  a  probability  of  seeing 
whales,  when  the  weather  and  situation  are 
such  as  to  present  a  possibility  of  capturing 
them,  the  crowds-nest,  as  it  is  called,  i.  e.  a  sta 
tion  at  the  mast-head,  is  generally  occupied 
by  the  master  or  some  of  the  officers,  who, 
commanding  from  thence  an  extensive  prospect 
of  the  surrounding  sea,  keeps,  with  the  assist 
ance  of  a  telescope,  an  anxious  watch  for  the 
appearance  of  a  whale.  The  moment  that  a 
fish  is  seen  he  gives  notice  to  the  watch  upon 
deck,  part  of  whom  leap  into  a  boat,  are  low 
ered  down  and  push  off  to  the  ptlce.  If  the 
fish  be  large,  a  second  boat  is  immediately  dis 
patched  to  the  support  of  the  other.  When 
the  whale  again  appears — for  if  he  has  gone 
down  he  must  soon  come  up  again  to  breathe 
— two  boats  row  towards  it  with  the  utmost 
speed  ;  and,  though  they  may  be  disappointed 
in  their  attempts,  they  generally  continue  the 
pursuit  until  the  fish  either  takes  the  alarm 


22  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

and  escapes  them,  or  they  are  recalled  by  sig 
nal  to  the  ship.  When  two  or  more  fish  ap 
pear  at  the  same  time,  in  different  situations, 
the  number  of  boats  sent  in  pursuit  is  in 
creased,  and  sometimes  all  the  boats  are  sent 
out.  During  fine  weather,  in  situations  where 
whales  are  seen,  or  where  they  have  recently 
been  seen,  or  where  there  is  a  great  probability 
of  any  making  their  appearance,  a  boat  is 
generally  kept  in  readiness,  manned  and  afloat. 
If  the  ship  sails  with  considerable  velocity,  this 
boat  is  towed  by  a  rope  astern  ;  but  when  the 
ship  is  pretty  still,  whether  moored  to  ice,  laid 
to,  or  sailing  in  light  winds,  the  i  bran  boat,'  as 
it  is  called,  often  pushes  off  to  a  little  distance 
from  the  ship.  A  boat  watch  commonly  lies 
still  in  some  eligible  situation,  with  all  its  oars 
elevated  out  of  the  water,  but  in  readiness,  in 
the  hands  of  the  rowers,  for  immediate  use. 

"  The  harpooner  and  boat-steerer  keep  a 
careful  watch  on  all  sides,  while  each  of  the 
rowers  looks  out  in  the  direction  of  his  oar. 
Thus  the  whole  horizon  is  under  close  obser 
vation.  In  fishing  near  fields  of  ice,  the  boats 
approach  tlae  ice  with  their  sterns,  and  are 
each  of  them  fastened  to  it  by  means  of  a  boat- 
hook,  or  an  iron  spike  with  a  cord  attached, 
either  of  which  is  held  by  the  boat-steerer,  and 
is  slipped  or  withdrawn  the  moment  a  whale 
appears.  There  are  several  rules  observed  in 
approaching  a  whale,  as  precautions  to  prevent 
as  far  as  possible,  the  animal  from  taking  the 
alarm. 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  23 

"  As  the  whale  is  dull  of  hearing,  but  quick 
of  sight,  the  boat  steerer  always  endeavors  to 
to  get  behind  it,  and  in  accomplishing  this,  he 
is  sometimes  justified  in  taking  a  circuitous 
route.  In  calm  weather  the  greatest  caution 
is  necessary,  before  a  whale  can  be  reached ; 
smooth  careful  rowing  is  always  requisite,  and 
sometimes  sculling  is  practised. 

"  A  whale  seldom  abides  longer  on  the  wa 
ter  than  two  minutes,  and  it  generally  remains 
from  five  to  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  under  wa 
ter.  During  this  interval  it  sometimes  moves 
through  a  space  of  half  a  mile  or  more,  and 
the  fisher  very  rarely  has  any  certain  intima 
tion  of  the  place  in  which  it  will  reappear. 
Consequently,  the  difficulty  and  address  re 
quisite  to  approach  sufficiently  near,  during  its 
short  stay  on 'the  surface,  to  harpoon  it,  is  very 
great. 

"  It  is  therefore  a  primary  consideration  with 
the  harpooner,  always  to  place  his  boat  as 
near  as  possible  to  the  spot  in  which  he  ex 
pects  the  fish  to  rise,  arid  he  conceives  himself 
successful  in  the  attempt,  when  the  fish  'comes 
up  within  a  start]  that  is,  within  the  distance 
df  about  two  hundred  yards. 

"  In  all  cases  when  a  whale  that  is  pursued 
has  but  once  been  seen,  the  fisher  is  considera 
bly  indebted  to  what  is  called  chance,  for  a 
favorable  position.  But  when  the  whale  has 
been  twice  seen,  and  its  change  of  place,  if 
any,  noticed,  the  harpooner  makes  the  best 
use  of  the  intimation  derived  from  his  observa- 


24  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

tion  on  its  apparent  motion,  and  places  his 
boat  accordingly.  Thus  he  anticipates  the 
fish  in  its  progress,  so  that  when  it  rises  to 
the  surface,  there  is  a  probability  of  its  being 
within  the  favorable  precincts  of  a  start.  A 
whale  moving  forward  at  a  small  distance  be 
neath  the  surface  of  the  sea,  leaves  a  sure  in 
dication  of  its  situation,  in  what  is  called  an 
'  eddy/  having  somewhat  the  resemblance  of 
the  '  wake,7  or  track  of  a  ship ;  and  in  fine, 
calm  weather,  its  change  of  position  is  some 
times  pointed  out  by  the  birds,  many  of  which 
closely  follow  it  when  at  the  surface,  and  hover 
over  it  when  below,  whose  keener  vision  can 
discover  it  when  it  is  totally  concealed  from 
human  eyes.  By  these  indications  many 
whales  have  been  taken. 

"  Whenever  a  whale  lies  on  the  surface  of 
the  water,  unconscious  of  the  approach  of  its 
enemies,  the  hardy  fisher  rows  directly  upon 
it,  and  an  instant  before  the  boat  touches  it, 
buries  his  harpoon  in  its  back.  But  if,  while 
the  boat  is  yet  a  little  distance,  the  whale 
should  indicate  his  intention  of  diving,  by  lift 
ing  his  head  above  the  common  Ifevel,  and  then 
plunging  it  under  water,  and  raising  his  body 
until  it  appear  like  the  large  segment  of  a 
sphere,  the  harpoon  is  thrown  from  the  hand, 
or  fired  from  a  gun,  the  former  of  which,  when 
skilfully  practised,  is  efficient  at  the  distance 
of  eight  or  ten  yards,  and  the  latter  at  the  dis 
tance  of  thirty  yards  or  upwards.  The 
wounded  whale,  in  the  surprise  and  agony  of 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  25 

the  moment,  makes  a  convulsive  effort  to  es 
cape.  Then  is  the  moment  of  danger.  The 
boat  is  subjected  to  the  most  violent  blows 
from  its  head,  or  its  fins,  but  particularly  from 
its  ponderous  tail,  which  sometimes  sweeps 
the  air  with  such  tremendous  fury,  that  both 
boat  and  men  are  exposed  to  one  common  de 
struction. 

"  The  head  of  the  whale  is  avoided  because 
it  cannot  be  penetrated  with  the  harpoon  ;  but 
any  part  of  the  body  between  the  head  and 
the  tail,  will  admit  of  the  full  length  of  the 
instrument  without  danger  or  obstruction. 
The  harpoon,  therefore,  is  always  struck  into 
the  back,  and  generally  well  forwards  towards 
the  fins,  thus  affording  the  chance  when  it 
happens  to  drag  and  plough  along  the  back, 
of  retaining  its  hold  during  a  longer  time,  than 
when  struck  in  closer  to  the  tail. 

"  The  moment  that  the  wounded  whale 
disappears  or  leaves  the  boat,  a  jack  or  flag, 
elevated  on  a  staff,  is  displayed,  on  sight  of 
which  those  on  watch  in  the  ship  give  the 
alarm,  by  stamping  on  the  deck,  accompanied 
by  a  simultaneous  and  continued  shout  of  :  a 
fall.'  At  the  sound  of  this,  the  sleeping  crew 
are  roused,  jump  from  their  beds,  rush  upon 
deck,  with  their  clothes,  tied  by  a  string,  in 
their  hands,  and  crowd  into  the  boats,  with  a 
temperature  at  zero.  Should  c  a  fall '  occur, 
the  crew  would  appear  upon  deck,  shielded 
only  by  their  drawers,  stockings  and  shirts,  or 
other  habiliments  in  which  they  sleep.  They 
3 


26  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

generally  contrive  to  dress  themselves,  in  part 
at  least,  as  the  boats  are  lowered  down  ;  but 
sometimes  they  push  off  in  the  state  in  which 
they  rise  from  their  beds,  row  away  towards 
the  l  fast  boat,'  that  is,  the  boat  attached  by 
its  harpoon  and  line  to  the  whale,  and  have 
no  opportunity  to  clothe  themselves  for  a 
length  of  time  afterwards.  The  alarm  of  i  a 
fall,'  has  a  singular  effect  on  the  feelings  of  a 
sleeping  person  unaccustomed  to  the  whale- 
fishing  business.  It  has  often  been  mistaken 
for  a  cry  of  distress.  A  landsman,  in  a  Hull 
ship,  seeing  the  crew,  on  the  occasion  of  a  fall, 
rush  upon  deck,  with  their  clothes  in  their 
hands,  when  there  was  no  appearance  of  dan 
ger,  thought  the  men  were  all  mad  ;  but  with 
another  individual  the  effect  was  totally  differ 
ent.  Alarmed  at  the  extraordinary  noise,  and 
still  more  so  when  he  reached  the  deck,  with 
the  appearance  of  all  the  crew  seated  in  the 
boats  in  their  shirts,  he  imagined  the  ship  was 
sinking.  He,  therefore,  endeavored  to  get 
into  one  himself,  but  every  one  of  them  being 
fully  manned,  he  was  always  repulsed.  After 
several  fruitless  endeavors  to  gain  a  place 
among  his  comrades,  he  cried  out,  with  feel 
ings  of  evident  distress,  '  What  shall  I  do  ? 
Will  none  of  you  take  me  in  ?' 

"  The  first  effort  of  a  '  fast  fish,'  or  whale 
that  has  been  struck,  is  to  escape  from  the 
boat  by  sinking  under  water.  After  this, 
it  pursues  its  course  directly  downward,  or  re 
appears  at  a  little  distance,  and  swims  with 


MAYOR   JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  27 

great  celerity,  near  the  surface  of  the  water, 
towards  any  neighboring  ice,  among  which  it 
may  attain  an  imaginary  shelter,  or  it  returns 
instantly  to  the  surface,  and  gives  evidence  of 
its  agony,  by  the  most  convulsive  throes,  in 
which  its  fins  and  tail  are  alternately  dis 
played  in  the  air,  and  dashed  into  the  water 
with  tremendous  violence.  The  former  beha 
vior,  however,  that  is,  to  dive  towards  the  bot 
tom  of  the  sea,  is  so  frequent  in  comparison  of 
any  other,  that  it  may  be  considered  as  the 
general  conduct  of  a  <  fast  fish.' 

"  A  whale  struck  near  the  edge  of  any  large 
sheet  of  ice,  and  passing  underneath  it,  will 
sometimes  run  the  whole  of  the  lines  out  of  the 
boat,  in  the  space  of  eight  or  ten  minutes  of 
time.  This  being  the  case,  when  the  fast 
boat  is  at  a  distance  both  from  the  ship  and 
from  any  other  boat,  it  frequently  happens  that 
the  lines  are  all  withdrawn  before  assistance 
arrives,  and,  with  the  fish,  entirely  lost.  In 
some  cases,  however,  they  are  recoveied.  To 
retard,  therefore,  as  much  as  possible,  the  flight 
of  the  whale,  it  is  usual  for  the  harpooner, 
who  strikes  it,  to  cast  one,  two,  or  more  turns 
of  line  round  a  kind  of  post,  called  a  ballard, 
which  is  fixed  within  ten  or  twelve  inches  of 
the  stern  of  the  boat,  for  the  purpose.  Such  is 
the  friction  of  the  line  when  running  round 
the  ballard,  that  it  frequently  envelops  the 
harpooner  in  smoke ;  and  if  the  wood  were 
not  repeatedly  wetted,  would  probably  set  fire 
to  the  boat.  During  the  capture  of  one  whale, 


28  MAYOR   JONES  )    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

a  groove  is  sometimes  cut  in  the  ballard,  near 
an  inch  in  depth ;  and,  were  it  not  for  a  plate 
of  brass  or  iron,  or  a  block  of  lignum  vitse, 
which  covers  the  top  of  the  stern,  where  the 
line  passes  over,  it  is  apprehended  that  the  ac 
tion  of  the  line  on  the  material  of  the  boat, 
would  cut  it  down  to  the  water's  edge,  in  the 
course  of  one  season  of  successful  fishing. 
The  approaching  distress  of  a  boat,  for  want 
of  line,  is  indicated  by  the  elevation  of  an  oar, 
in  the  way  of  a  mast,  to  which  is  added  a 
second,  a  third,  or  even  a  fourth,  in  proportion 
to  the  nature  of  the  exigence.  The  utmost 
care  and  attention  are  requisite  on  the  part  of 
every  person  in  the  boat,,  when  the  lines  are 
running  out,  fatal  consequences  having  been 
sometimes  produced  by  the  most  trifling  neg 
lect.  When  the  line  happens  i  to  run  foul,' 
and  cannot  be  cleared  on  the  instant,  it  some 
times  draws  the  boat  under  water,  on  which, 
if  no  auxiliary  boat,  or  convenient  piece  of  ice, 
be  at  hand,  the  crew  are  plunged  into  the  sea, 
and  are  obliged  to  trust  to  the  buoyancy  of 
their  oars,  or  to  their  skill  in  swimming,  for 
supporting  themselves  on  the  surface.  To 
provide  against  such  an  accident,  as  well  as  to 
be  ready  to  furnish  an  additional  supply  of 
lines,  it  is  usual,  when  boats  are  sent  in  pur 
suit,  for  two  to  go  out  in  company,  and  when 
a  whale  has  been  struck,  for  the  first  assisting 
boat  which  approaches,  to  join  the  fast  boat, 
and  to  stay  by  it  until  the  fish  reappears. 
The  other  boats,  likewise,  make  towards  the 


MAYOR    JONES  )    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  29 

one  carrying  a  flag-,  and  surround  it  at  various 
distances,  awaiting  the  appearance  of  the 
wounded  whale. 

"  On  my  first  voyage  to  the  whale  fishery, 
such  an  accident  as  above  alluded  to,  occurred. 
A  thousand  fathoms  of  line  were  already  out, 
and  the  fast  boat  was  forcibly  pressed  against 
the  side  of  a  piece  of  ice.  The  harpooner,  in 
his  anxiety  to  retard  the  flight  of  the  whale, 
applied  too  many  turns  of  the  line  round  the 
ballard,  which,  getting  entangled,  drew  the 
boat  beneath  the  ice.  Another  boat  providen 
tially  was  at  hand,  into  which  the  crew,  in 
cluding  myself,  who  happened  to  be  present, 
had  just  time  to  escape. 

"  The  whale,  with  near  two  miles'  length  of 
line,  was  in  consequence  of  the  accident  lost, 
but  the  boat  was  recovered.  On  a  subsequent 
occasion  I  underwent  a  similar  misadventure, 
but  with  a  happier  result ;  we  escaped  with  a 
little  wetting  into  an  accompanying  boat,  and 
the  whale  was  afterward  captured,  and  the 
boat  with  its  lines  recovered. 

"  When  fish  have  been  struck  by  myself,  I 
have  on  different  occasions  estimated  their 
rate  of  descent.  For  the  first  three  hundred 
fathoms,  the  average  velocity  was  usually  after 
the  rate  of  eight  to  ten  miles  per  hour.  In 
one  instance  the  third  line  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  fathoms  was  run  out  in  sixty-one 
seconds ;  that  is,  at  the  rate  of  eight  and  one- 
sixth  English  miles,  or  seven  and  one-eighth 
nautical  miles  per  hour.  By  the  motions  of 


30  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

the  fast  boat,  the  simultaneous  movements  of 
the  whale  are  estimated.  The  auxiliary  boats 
accordingly,  take  their  stations  about  the  situ 
ation  where  the  whale  from  these  motions  may 
reasonably  be  expected  to  appear. 

"  The  average  stay  under  water,  of  a  wound 
ed  whale,  which  steadily  descends  after,  being 
struck,  according  to  the  most  usual  conduct 
of  the  animal,  is  about  thirty  minutes.  The 
longest  I  ever  observed,  fifty  six  minutes  :  but 
in  shallow  water,  I  have  been  informed,  it  has 
sometimes  been  known  to  remain  an  hour  and 
a  half  at  the  bottom  after  being  struck,  and 
yet  has  returned  to  the  surface  alive.  The 
greater  the  velocity,  the  more  considerable  the 
distance  to  which  it  descends,  and  the  longer 
time  it  remains  under  water,  so  much  greater 
in  proportion  is  the  extent  of  its  exhaustion, 
and  the  consequent  facility  of  accomplishing 
its  capture.  Immediately  on  its  reappearing, 
the  assisting  boats  make  for  the  place  with 
their  utmost  speed,  and  as  they  reach  it,  each 
harpooner  plunges  his  harpoon  into  its  back, 
to  the  amount  of  three,  four  or  more,  accord 
ing  to  the  size  of  the  whale,  and  the  nature 
of  the  situation.  Most  frequently,  however,  it 
descends  for  a  few  minutes  after  receiving  the 
second  harpoon,  and  obliges  the  other  boats  to 
await  its  return  to  the  surface,  before  any  other 
attack  can  he  made.  It  is  afterwards  actively 
plied  with  lances,  which  are  thrust  into  its 
body,  aiming  at  its  vitals.  At  length,  when 
exhausted  by  numerous  wounds  and  loss  of 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  31 

blood,  which  flows  from  the  huge  animal  in 
copious  streams,  it  indicates  the  approach  of 
its  dissolution,  by  discharging  from  its  '  blow 
holes',  a  mixture  of  blood  along  with  the  air 
and  mucus  which  it  usually  expires,  and  finally 
jets  of  blood  alone.  The  sea  to  a  great  extent 
around  is  dyed  with  its  blodd,  and  the  ice, 
boats,  and  men,  are  sometimes  drenched  with 
the  same.  Its  track  is  likewise  marked  by  a 
broad  pellicle  of  oil,  which  exudes  from  its 
wounds,  and  appears  on  the  surface  of  the 
sea. 

"  Its  final  capture  is  sometimes  preceded  by 
a  convulsive  struggle,  in  which  its  tail,  reared, 
whirled,  and  violently  jerked  in  the  air,  re 
sounds  to  the  distance  of  miles.  In  dying,  it 
turns  on  its  back,  or  on  its  side,  which  joyful 
circumstance  is  announced  by  the  capturers 
with  the  striking  of  their  flags,  accompanied 
by  three  lively  huzzas  ! 

"  The  remarkable  exhaustion  observed  on 
the  first  appearance  of  a  wounded  whale  at  the 
surface  after  a  descent  of  700  or  800  fathoms 
perpendicular,  does  not  depend  on  the  nature 
of  the  wound  it  has  received,  for  a  hundred  su 
perficial  wounds  received  from  harpoons,  could 
not  have  the  effect  of  a  single  lance  penetrating 
the  vitals,  but  is  the  effect  of  the  almost  incred 
ible  pressure  to  which  the  animal  must  have 
been  exposed.  The  surface  of  the  body  of  a 
large  whale,  may  be  considered  as  comprising 
an  area  of  1540  square  feet.  This,  under  the 
common  weight  of  the  atmosphere  onlv,  must 


32  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

sustain  a  pressure  of  3,104,640  pounds,  or  1386 
tons.  But  at  the  depth  of  800  fathoms,  where 
there  is  a  column  of  water  equal  in  weight  to 
154  atmospheres,  the  pressure  on  the  animal 
must  be  equal  to  211,200  tons.  This  is  a  de 
gree  of  pressure  of  which  we  can  have  but  an 
imperfect  conception.  It  may  assist  our  com 
prehension,  however,  to  be  informed,  that  it 
exceeds  in  weight,  sixty  of  the  largest  ships  of 
the  British  navy  when  manned,  provisioned, 
and  fitted  for  a  six  months'  cruise. 

"  Every  boat  fast  to  a  living  whale  carries  a 
flag,  and  the  ships  to  which  such  boats  belong, 
also  wears  a  flag,  until  the  whale  is  either 
killed  or  makes  its  escape.  These  signals 
serve  to  indicate  to  surrounding  ships  the  ex 
clusive  title  of  the  '  fast-ship'  to  the  entangled 
whale,  and  to  prevent  their  interference,  ex 
cepting  in  the  way  of  assistance,  in  the  cap 
ture.  A  very  natural  enquiry  connected  with 
this  subject,  is,  the  length  of  time  requisite  for 
capturing  a  whale  ?  This  is  a  question  which 
can  only  be  answered  indirectly  ;  for  I  have 
myself  witnessed  the  capture  of  a  large  whale, 
which  has  been  effected  in  twenty  eight  min 
utes  :  and  have  also  been  engaged  with  an 
other  fish  which  was  lost,  after  it  had  been  en 
tangled  sixteen  hours.  Instances  are  well  au 
thenticated,  in  which  whales  have  yielded  their 
lives  to  the  lances  of  active  fishers,  within  the 
space  of fifteen  minutes  from  the  time  of  be 
ing  struck,  and  in  cases  where  fish  have  been 
shot  with  a  harpoon  gun,  in  a  still  shorter  pe- 


MAYOR   JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  33 

riod  ;  while  other  instances  are  equally  famil 
iar  and  certain,  wherein  a  whale  having 
gained  the  shelter  of  a  pack,  or  cdmpact  patch 
of  ice,  has  sustained  or  avoided  every  attack 
upon  it,  during  the  space  of  forty  or  fifty  hours. 
Some  whales  have  been  captured  when  slightly 
entangled  with  a  single  harpoon,  while  others 
have  disengaged  themselves,  though  severely 
wounded  with  lances,  by  a  single  act  of  vio 
lent  and  convulsive  distortion  of  the  body,  or 
tremendous  shake  of  the  tail,  from  four  or  more 
harpoons ;  in  which  act  some  of  the  lines  have 
been  broken  with  apparent  ease,  and  the  har 
poons  to  which  other  lines  were  attached, 
either  broken  or  torn  out  of  the  body  of  the  vi 
gorous  animal.  Generally  the  speedy  capture 
of  a  whale  depends  on  the  activity  of  the  har- 
pooners,  the  favorableness  of  situation  and  wea 
ther,  and  in  no  inconsiderable  degree  on  the 
peculiar  conduct  of  the  whale  attacked.  Un 
der  the  most  favorable  circumstances,  namely, 
when  the  fishermen  are  very  active,  the  ice 
very  open,  or  the  sea  free  from  ice  and  the 
weather  fine, — the  average  length  of  time  oc 
cupied  in  the  capture  of  a  whale,  may  be 
stated  as  not  exceeding  an  hour.  The  gen 
eral  average,  including  all  sizes  of  fish,  and  all 
circumstances  of  capture,  may  probably  be  two 
or  three  hours. 

"  The  method  practised  in  the  capture  of 
whales,  under  favorable  circumstances,  is  very 
uniform  with  all  the  fishers  of  every  nation. 
The  only  difference  observable  in  the  proceed- 


34  MAYOR    JONES  ]    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

ings  of  the  different  fishers,  consisting  in  the 
degree  of  activity  and  resolution  displayed,  in 
pursuance  of  the  operations  of  harpooning  and 
lancing  the  whale,  and  in  the  address  mani 
fested  in  improving  by  any  accidental  move 
ment  of  the  fish,  which  may  lay  it  open  to  an 
effectual  attack, — rather  than  in  any  thing 
different  or  superior  in  the  general  method  of 
conducting  the  fishery.  It  is  true  that  with 
some  the  harpoon-gun  is  much  valued,  and 
used  with  advantage,  while  with  others,  it  is 
held  in  prejudiced  aversion  ;  yet  as  this  differ 
ence  of  opinion  affects  only  the  first  attack, 
and  entanglement  of  the  whale,  the  subse 
quent  proceedings  of  all  the  fishers,  may  still 
be  said  to  be  founded  on  equal  and  unanimous 
principles. 

"  The  ease  with  which  some  whales  are  sub 
dued,  and  the  slightness  of  the  entanglement 
by  which  they  are  taken,  is  truly  surprising : 
but  with  others  it  is  equally  astonishing,  that 
neither  line  nor  harpoon,  nor  any  number  of 
each,  is  sufficiently  strong  to  effect  their  cap 
ture.  Many  instances  have  occurred  where 
whales  have  escaped  from  four,  five,  or  even 
more  harpoons,  while  fish,  equally  large,  have 
been  killed  through  the  medium  of  a  single 
harpoon.  Indeed,  whales  have  been  taken  in 
consequence  of  the  entanglement  of  a  line, 
without  any  harpoon  at  all ;  though  when 
such  a  case  has  occurred,  it  has  evidently  been 
the  result  of  accident.  The  following  in 
stances  are  in  point. 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  35 

"  A  whale  was  struck  from  one  of  the  boats 
of  the  ship  Nautilus  in  Da  vis's  Straits.  It  was 
killed,  and  as  is  usual  after  the  capture,  it  was 
disentangled  of  the  line  connected  with  the  '  fast- 
boat,'  by  dividing  it  within  eight  or  nine  yards 
of  the  harpoon.  The  crew  of  the  boat  from 
which  the  fish  was  first  struck,  in  the  mean 
time  were  employed  in  heaving  in  their  lines, 
by  means  of  a  crank  fixed  in  the  boat  for  that 
purpose,  which  they  progressively  effected  for 
some  time.  On  a  sudden,  however,  to  their 
great  astonishment,  the  lines  were  pulled  away 
from  them,  with  the  same  force  and  violence, 
as  by  a  whale  when  first  struck. 

"  They  repeated  their  signal  indicative  of  a 
whale  being  struck ;  their  shipmates  flocked 
towards  them,  and  while  every  one  expressed 
a  similar  degree  of  astonishment  w7ith  them 
selves,  they  all  agreed  that  a  fish  was  fast  to 
the  line.  In  a  few  minutes  they  were  agree 
ably  confirmed  in  their  opinion,  and  relieved 
from  suspense,  by  the  rising  of  a  large  whale 
close  by  them,  exhausted  with  fatigue  and 
having  every  appearance  of  a  fast  fish.  It 
permitted  itself  to  be  struck  by  several  har 
poons  at  once  and  was  speedily  killed.  On 
examining  it  after  death,  to  discover  the  cause 
of  such  an  interesting  accident,  they  found  the 
line  belonging  to  the  before  mentioned  boat, 
in  its  mouth,  where  it  was  still  firmly  fixed  by 
the  compression  of  its  lips.  The  occasion  of 
this  happy  and  puzzling  accident  was  there 
fore  solved  ; — the  end  of  the  line,  after  being 


36  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

cut  from  the  whale  first  killed,  was  in  the  act 
of  sinking  in  the  water ;  the  fish  in  question, 
engaged  in  feeding,  was  advancing  with  its 
mouth  wide  open,  and  accidentally  caught  the 
lihe  between  its  extended  jaws ; — a  sensation 
so  utterly  unusual  as  that  produced  by  the 
line,  which  was  the  cause  of  this  alarm,  had 
induced  it  to  shut  its  mouth  and  grasp  the 
line  so  firmly  between  its  lips  as  to  produce  the 
effect  just  stated.  This  circumstance  took 
place  many  years  ago  ;  a  similar  one  occurred 
in  the  year  1814. 

"  A  harpooner,  belonging  to  the  Prince  of 
Brazil,  of  Hull,  had  struck  a  small  fish.  It  de 
scended  and  remained  for  some  time  quiet, 
and  at  length  appeared  to  be  drowned.  The 
strain  on  the  line  being  then  considerable,  it 
was  taken  to  the  ship  with  a  view  of  heaving 
the  fish  up.  The  force  requisite  for  perform 
ing  this  operation  was  extremely  various ; 
sometimes  the  line  came  in  with  ease,  at  others, 
a  great  quantity  was  withdrawn  with  great 
force  and  rapidity.  It  appeared  evident  there 
fore  that  the  fish  was  yet  alive.  The  heaving 
however  was  persisted  in,  and  after  the  greater 
part  of  the  lines  had  been  drawn  on  board,  a 
dead  fish  -  appeared  at  the  surface,  secured  by 
several  turns  of  the  line  round  its  body.  It 
was  disentangled  with  difficulty,  and  was  con 
fidently  believed  to  be  the  whale  they  had 
struck.  But  when  the  line  was  cleared  from 
the  fish  it  proved  to  be  merely  the  '  bight,' 
for  the  end  still  hung  perpendicularly  down- 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  37 

ward.  "What  was  then  their  surprise  to  find 
that  it  was  still  pulled  away  with  considerable 
force.  The  capstan  was  again  resorted  to, 
and  shortly  afterwards,  they  hore  up,  also  dead, 
the  fish  originally  struck,  tfdth  the  harpoon 
still  fast.  lie  nee  i£  appeared  that  the  fish  first 
drawn  up,  had  got  accidentally  entangled  with 
the  line,  and  in  its  straggles  to  escape  had  still 
further  involved  itself,  by  winding  the  line  re 
peatedly  round  its  body.  The  first  fish  entan 
gled  as  was  suspected  had  long  been  dead,  and 
it  was  this  lucky  interloper,  that  occasioned  the 
jerks  and  other  singular  effects  observed  on  the 
line. 

"  Perhaps  1  may  be  wearying  your  patience 
by  this  lengthy  account.  There  are  many 
other  circumstances  connected  with  extraordi 
nary  cases  of  subduing  these  monsters,  by 
man's  inferior  power,  which  it  might  be  inter 
esting  to  mention.  I  do  not  know  that  wha 
ling  voyages  are  ordinarily  more  perilous  than 
other  voyages  to  sea.  A  boat  is  sometimes 
lost  by  being  drawn  out  of  sight  of  the  ship, 
and  out  of  hearing  of  a  cannon,  by  a  c  fast 
whale'  m  cloudy  weather,  and  sometimes  a 
boat  is  broken,  and  the  crew,  or  some  of  them, 
killed  by  a  blow  from  the  tail  of  *a  whale. 
Sometimes  the  rope  gets  entanglfd,  and  the 
whale  in  his  descent  draws  the  boat  under, 
and  some  are  drowned." 

Mr.   Packenham  resumed.      Mr.    Hor ton's 
health  had  very  much  improved  by  the  voyage, 
but  especially  by  his  abandoning  the  use  of 
4 


38  MAYOR   JONES  ;    OR,    MY   CIGAR. 

tobacco,  which  he  did  for  several  months  be 
fore  his  death.  A  boat,  in  which  was  Mr. 
Horton,  started  in  pursuit  of  a  whale,  in  high 
spirits,  on  a  fine  clear  morning.  He  insisted 
on  throwing  the  harpoon,  wliich  he  did  with 
tremendous  force  and  accu^icy.  In  the  whale's 
descent,  the  rope  caught,  by  some  means, 
around  Mr.  Horton,  and,  quick  as  thought,  he 
was  drawn  to  an  immense  depth  in  the  ocean, 
and  rtever  more  was  seen.  Thus  suddenly 
terminated  a  life  which  might  have  been  a 
blessing  to  the  world. 

In  looking  for  the  reason  of  the  prosperity  or 
adversity,  the  sickness  or  death  of  an  indivi 
dual,  we  must  often  go  far  back  of  the  proxi 
mate  cause.  The  proximate  cause  would 
never  exist  of  itself,  in  a  given  case ;  it  is  the 
effect  of  a  primary  cause  far  remote.  To  as 
certain  the  cause  of  one's  death,  we  should  en 
quire  the  cause  of  the  disease  or  event  which 
produced  it.  It  is  in  this  way  alone,  which  is 
according  to  the  approved  system  of  philosophy, 
that  we  can  estimate  the  amount  of  evil  pro 
duced  by  alcoholic  drinks ;  and  if  this  mode 
of  enquiry  be  instituted  in  relation  to  tobacco, 
we  shall  be  appalled  at  the  astounding  results. 
It  is  thu$,  indirectly,  according  to  the  usual 
mode  of  spiking;  but,  philosophically  speak 
ing,  directly  the  cause  of  the  death  of  thou 
sands  every  year.  In  the  case  of  Mr.  Horton, 
had  he  not  used  it  he  might  have  continued  at 
home,  healthy  and  prosperous.  His  excessive 
use  of  tobacco  impaired  his  health,  and  ren- 


MAYOR    JONES  '.    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  39 

dered  the  voyage,  which  proved  so  fatal,  ne 
cessary. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

IF  we  judge  according  to  the  appearance,  we 
shall  err  egregiously  respecting  the  talents  and 
prospects  of  men.  There  was  no  poetry  in 
the  crooked  form  of  Pope,  and  no  such  "  fine 
phrenzy"  was  seen  rolling  in  Milton's  eye  as 
indicated  a  power  "  to  give  to  airy  nothing  a 
local  habitation  and  a  name."  Who  would 
have  judged  from  the  early  stammering  of 
Demosthenes,  a  latent  power  which  would 
one  day  break  forth  and  sway  hearts,  as  trees 
are  moved  by  a  tempest ;  and  who  would  have 
judged,  from  the  comparatively  diminutive 
form  of  Napoleon,  bending  ungracefully  in  his 
saddle,  that  he  was  a  lightning  bolt  which 
would  dash  unharmed  through  serried  hosts 
of  glittering  steel?  On  the  contrary,  men  of 
imposing  form  and  brilliant  appearance,  are 
often  stupid,  cowardly  and  unenterprising,  and 
live  and  die  without  bringing  any  thing  to 
pass.  The  cause  of  this  difference  in  men,  if 
sought  for,  will  be  found  most  generally  in 
their  early  training  and  cherished  habits. 

A  man  naturally  more  interesting  and  no 
ble,  is  seldom  seen,  than  Artemon  Wells.  He 
was  very  little  above  the  ordinary  size,  well 


40  MAYOR   JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

formed,  rather  a  spare  habit,  mild  but  piercing 
eye,  and  graceful,  though  rapid  in  his  move 
ments.  His  father  died  when  Artemon  was 
twenty- two,  leaving  him  a  property  of  from 
eight  to  ten  thousand  dollars.  No  man  could 
desire  a  finer  prospect  than  he  had  for  the  ac 
cumulation  of  wealth,  honor,  and  happiness. 
He  was  well  educated,  and  possessed  of  ability 
to  excel  in  any  department  of  business  to 
which  he  might  turn  his  thoughts  and  pur 
pose.  A  nobler  heart  never  beat  in  human 
bosom.  He  was  generous  and  benevolent  to 
a  fault.  All  who  knew  him  in  his  youth  pre 
dicted  his  future  greatness.  He  was,  indeed, 
formed  and  trained  to  be  great,  with  one  me 
lancholy  exception.  No  one  who  knew  him, 
as  I  did,  and  who  also  knows,  as  I  do,  the  pro 
perties  and  influence  of  tobacco,  can  doubt 
that,  but  for  that  base,  deceitful  weed,  he 
would  have  run  a  prosperous  and  useful  ca 
reer. 

At  an  early  period  he  became  an  inveterate 
smoker,  and  at  length  took  also  to  chewing. 
Having  completed  his  studies,  he  was  admitted 
to  practice  as  an  attorney,  but  never  made 
any  figure.  His  health  very  soon  began  to 
fail,  his  spirits  became  depressed,  and  it  was 
only  by  an  effort  that  he  could  rouse  sufficient 
energy  to  attend  to  the  business  of  his  office  at 
all.  He  was  ever  resorting  to  his  cigars  to 
raise  his  spirits,  which,  as  soon  as  their  imme 
diate  influence  passed  off,  sunk  them  still 
lower. 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  41 

He  formed  a  very  ardent  attachment  to  a 
most  interesting  and  intelligent  young  lady, 

of  one  of  the  first  families  in  the  city  of  E . 

Mr.  Cosner  was  not  merely  a  man  of  wealth, 
he  was  a  man  of  very  great  original  endow 
ment,  and  of  very  considerable  mental  im 
provement  and  moral  worth.  Iseula,  his 
daughter,  was  a  young  lady  of  cultivated 
mind,  a  pure  heart,  and  moral  principles;  not 
merely  the  result  of  education,  but  equally  the 
fruit  of  her  own  close  and  careful  investiga 
tion.  A  more  devoted  friend  to  the  cause  of 
temperance  cannot  be  found  among  all  the 
fair  ones  who  have,  from  time  to  time,  given 
lustre  and  efficiency  to  its  onward  movements. 
She  was  always  happy  and  active,  when  she 
was  laboring  with  her  pen  or  her  needle  to 
promote  its  interests.  She  fully  appreciated 
the  good  qualities  of  Mr.  Wells,  and  sincerely 
lamented  his  incorrigible  habits  of  smoking 
and  chewing.  She  was  aware  of  his  devoted 
attachment  to  her,  and  though  she  could  not 
cordially  reciprocate  it,  she  said  nothing,  for  a 
time,  absolutely  discouraging.  She  was  every 
day  in  hopes  that  his  knowledge  of  her  feel 
ings  in  relation  to  the  practice  of  using  tobacco 
would  induce  him  to  quit  it.  But  her  hope 
was  vain.  He  would  have  plucked  out  his 
eyes,  and  have  given  them  to  her ;  he  would 
have  done  any  thing  at  her  bidding,  within 
the  range  of  human  daring;  but  he  was  as 
really  and  fatally  the  slave  to  his  tobacco  as 
ever  an  inebriate  was  to  his  cups. 
4* 


42  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

As  they  were  walking  together  one  day,  to 
the  house  of  a  friend,  they  passed  a  tobacco 
manufactory.  A  company  of  youths  stood 
looking  at  a  new  sign,  which  had  just  been 
fixed  in  its  place,  on  which  was  pictured  a 
most  ludicrous  group  of  old  men  and  women ; 
some  smoking ;  others  chewing,  with  the  filthy 
saliva  issuing  from  the  corners  of  their  mouths, 
and  others  snuffing,  with  their  features  dis 
torted  into  most  ridiculous  shapes.  "  James," 
said  one  of  the  boys,  "  tobacco  dealers  are  cer 
tainly  more  honest  men  than  rum  sellers.  I 
have  often  heard  it  remarked  that  rum-sellers 
ought  to  put  upon  their  signs  weeping  widows, 
and  ragged  orphans,  and  bloated,  loathsome 
victims  of  their  traffic,  but  they  never  do. 
But,  surely,"  (pointing  to  the  tobacconist's  sign,) 
"  that  sign  is  a  beacon.  It  says  pretty  clearly, 
whoever  cares  for  decency,  or  for  preserving 
the  face  of  a  man,  keep  off." 

Wells  colored,  and  remarked,  "  there  is  some 
truth  in  that.  I  have  often  thought  that 
their's  is  a  forbidding  way  to  win." 

Proceeding  onward,  they  passed  several 
gentlemen,  standing  on  the  piazza  of  a  public- 
house,  pouring  forth  volumes  of  smoke.  A 
little  in  advance  of  them  stood  two  young 
chimney-sweeps,  and  at  the  moment  of  their 
passing,  one  of  them  placed  his  hand  on  the 
shoulder  of  the  other,  pulling  him  parti} 
around,  and  turning  his  white  eyes  archly  to 
wards  the  gentlemen  smoking,  and  convulsec 
with  laughter  at  the  thought  of  his  wit 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  43 

"  Pomp,"  said  he,  "  I  guess  as  how  dem  chim 
neys  want  sweep'n  'fore  long."  "  Yes,"  said 
the  other ;  "  I  guess  Massa  Dentis  get  de  job. 
and  he  make  'em  pay  for  foul'n  de  chimney." 

"  Well,"  said  Artemon,  forcing  a  smile,  "  it 
seems  as  if  every  dog  was  barking  upon  to 
bacco  to-day." 

And,  as  if  a  general  conspiracy  had  been 
entered  into  to  mortify  him,  and  compel  him 
to  relinquish  his  cherished  habit,  just  before 
they  arrived  at  the  house  of  the  friend  whither 
they  were  going,  two  intimates  of  Mr.  Wells 
met  them.  One  said  to  him,  in  a  low  voice, 
not  intending  that  Iseula  should  hear,  for  she 
was  turned  a  little  round,  and  conversing  at 
the  time  with  the  other,  "  Artemon,  you  are 
getting  to  be  very  fond  of  jewelry,"  pointing 
to  several  drops  of  tobacco-juice  on  the  bosom 
of  his  shirt,  and  one  small  hole  burnt  by  the 
fire  of  his  cigar.  Wells  blushed  as  he  saw 
them,  for  he  had  not  observed  them  before, 
and,  hoping  in  part  to  conceal  them,  he  but 
toned  his  vest  a  littlft  higher. 

Iseula  had  already  noticed  them,  and  she 
heard  the  remark  of  his  friend,  and  saw  his 
effort  to  conceal  them.  She  was  silent,  but  felt  a 
rising  hope  that  these  mortifying  circumstances 
would  induce  him  to  quit  the  offensive  habit. 

When  one  has  a  fractured  or  sore  limb,  it 
seems  to  the  sufferer  as  if  every  creature  was 
aiming  a  blow  at  it.  So  also  when  one  is 
afflicted  with  the  sense  of  having  committed 
an  impropriety,  or  of  having  indulged  a  vicious 


44  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

habit,  it  of  tea  seems  to  him  as  if  the  very 
beasts  were  thinking  of  it  and  administering 
reproof. 

While  seated  in  Mr.  Joy's  parlor,  by  the 
window,  which  looked  into  the  yard,  Charles 
and  Frank,  the  two  oldest  boys,  as  they  were 
passing  Sambo,  an  intelligent  and  shining- 
looking  negro,  gave  him  a  gentle  slap  on  the 
cheek,  saying,  "  Spit  that  out,  you  dirty 
beast."  meaning  his  tobacco,  for  he  had  just 
poured  forth  a  torrent  of  black  juice.  Sambo 
raised  his  arm,  as  if  to  strike.  "  Don't  be 
huffy  at  us."  said  they.  Sambo;  standing  with 
his  arms  raised  for  a  moment,  the  half  vexed 
expression  of  his  countenance  was  turned  to  a 
quivering  of  the  corner  of  his  mouth,  and  an 
incipient  smile.  "  I  am  clean  beast,7'  said 
Sambo ;  "  de  parson  said  todder  day,  dat  clean 
beast  chewed  de  cud  and  divide  de  huff.  Now 
I  chew  de  cud,"  raising  his  lip  and  showing 
his  enormous  quid,  "  and  I'll  divide  de  huff 
(hoof)  wid  you,-  one  togedder  or  two  at  a  time, 
if  you  dissult  me  any  more.  I  no  set  my 
head  afire,  nor  make  a  furnace  of  my  mouth, 
wid  cigars,  like  you  do ;"  then,  with  a  satisfied 
air,  he  turned  to  dusting  the  carriage. 

Mr.  Wells  felt  reproved  and  mortified  at 
everything  that  was  said  on  the  subject  of  to 
bacco,  and  the  more  so,  as  he  knew  Iseula's 
feelings,  and  felt  that  he  was  polluted  with  the 
habit  of  using  it.  He  felt  as  if  he  had  expe 
rienced  mortification  enough  for  one  day. 
Looking  a"t  his  watch,  and  recollecting  some 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OH,    MY    CIGAR.  45 

business  that  required  his  attention,  he  rose  to 
depart.  Leaving  Iseula  at  the  door  of  her  fa 
thers  house,  he  hasted  to  his  office,  saying  to 
himself,  "  I  must  and  will  quit  the  filthy,  mor 
tifying  habit  of  using  tobacco."  For  four 
months  he  put  none  to  his  lips,  and  Iseula  was 
delighted  with  the  prospect  of  an  entire  and 
permanent  reform.  But  they  were  four  months 
of  torture  to  Wells,  though  his  health  and 
spirits  rapidly  and  wonderfully  improved.  To 
bacco  had  marked  him  for  a  victim. 

"  What  has  clouded  your  sunny  brow,  to 
day  ?"  said  Mr.  Cosna  to  Iseula,  as  she  entered 
the  parlor. 

"  I  have  just  seen  a  cloud  of  smoke  issuing 
from  the  mouth  of  Mr.  Wells,  as  he  passed  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  with  another 
gentleman ;  but  I  was  riot  aware  that  it  had 
left  its  shadow  on  my  brow,"  said  Iseula. 

"  A  cloud  surcharged  with  lightning  is  not 
so  unwelcome  a  sight  to  you,  as  a  cloud  of 
tobacco  smoke."  • 

"  It  is  not,  indeed  ;  for,  in  the  first  there  is 
majesty,  but  the  latter,  to  me,  speaks  of  a 
heart  and  mind  impaired,  except  as  in  the  case 
of  Robert  Hall,  a  diseased  system  requires  it. 
How  low  must  be  that  state  of  moral  and  in 
tellectual  feeling  which  needs  resort  to  tobacco 
for  impulse  or  enjoyment.  Live  to  gratify  an 
appetite,  morbid  or  healthy,  is  a  despicable 
principle  to  every  noble  mind,  but,  upon  no 
other  principle  can  the  use  of  tobacco  be  advo- 


46  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

cated.  It  is  giving  a  preference  to  the  low 
and  mortal  part  of  our  natures." 

"  You  are  right,  Iseula,  and  I  am  extremely 
sorry  if  Artemon  has  returned  to  that  vicious 
practice.  His  manifest  improvement  since  he 
quit  it,  for  he  was  beginning  to  look  robust 
and  healthy,  and  his  former  ill  health  and  low 
spirits,  1  should  suppose,  would  have  deterred 
him  from  its  use  forever." 

"  It  is  a  terrible  habit.  Did  you  ever  know 
any  one  permanently  to  forsake  it  ?" 

"  O,  yes,"  said  Mr.  Cosna,  "  very  many ; 
generally,  they  have  been  men  of  strong 
minds  and  tender  consciences.  Occasionally, 
ill  health  has  broken  the  habit.  There  is  Mr. 
Fortis,  a  very  fleshy  gentleman,  who  quit  the 
use  of  it  several  years  ago.  Many  thought 
that  tobacco  was  indispensable  in  his  case,  to 
keep  his  flesh  from  being  intolerably  burden 
some.  But  while  he  is  no  more  fleshy  than 
when  he  used  tobacco,  Mr.  Firmitas,  who  was 
merely  a  walking*skeleton,  while  he  used  it,  is 
now  robust  and  healthy.  There  is  Mr.  Hila- 
ritas,  '  Uncle  Isaac,'  as  every  body  calls  him, 
a  very  pleasant  good-natured  man,  cracking 
his  jokes  and  receiving  them  from  every  body 
who  can  be  put  into  good  humor  with  them 
selves  by  it,  has  left  it  off  as  often  as  any 
body,"  said  Mr.  Cosna,  smiling.  "He  always 
treats  "resolution  after  a  few  days.  Most  peo 
ple  leave  it  off  as  he  does,  though  not  quite  so 
often.  However,  his  excellent  and  intelligent 
wife  will,  I  believe,  finally  prevail  on  him  to 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  47 

quit  it.  I  have  recently  seen  accounts  of 
many  who  have  been  induced  to  quit  the  prac 
tice,  by  reading  what  is  written*  on  the  sub 
ject,  so  do  not  despair,  Iseula." 

On  a  beautiful  September  evening  of  1826, 
the  wealth  and  flower  of  the  city  were  seen 
rolling  to  the  house  of  Mr.  Cosna.  The  event 
about  to  be  consummated  seemed  very  gene 
rally  to  interest  the  community.  No  young 
lady  was  more  universally  esteemed  than 
Iseula  Cosna,  and  no  man  had  a  higher  repu- 
tion  for  intellectual  and  moral  worth  than 
Horatius  Milligan.  That  evening,  their  inter 
ests  were  united.  Prosperity  has  ever  since  * 
attended  them,  and  never  did  their  sun  shine 
more  gloriously  than  at  present. 


From  the  moment  that  Mr.  Wells  returned 
to  his  tobacco,  his  health  began  rapidly  to  fail. 
He  had  a  complication  of  diseases.  His  tongue 
was  constantly  furred,  and  coated  so  thick -with 
foul  matter,  from  a  disordered  and  feverish  sto 
mach,  that  he  scraped  it  off  every  morning. 
His  nervous  system  became  astonishingly  de 
ranged.  His  confidence  and  courage  forsook 
hirn  entirely.  He  could  not  endure  the  sight 
of  a  court-house,  and  would  tremble  at  the 
thought  of  appearing  before  a  dozen  people  to 

*  Two  volumes  have  recently  been  published  on  this 
subject,  by  Wiley  &  Putnam,  161  Broadway,  N.  Y.,  viz., 
"  The  Mysteries  of  Tobacco,"  and  "  Responses  on  the  use 
of  Tobacco/'  by  Rev.  B.  J.  Lane. 


48  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIG4B. 

address  them.  But  his  habit  was  stronger 
than  death.  As  the  lassitude  and  ailments 
occasioned  by  tobacco  indisposed  him  for  busi 
ness  ;  his  particular  friends  even,  became  in 
disposed  to  trust  their  business  with  him.  His 
property  for  many  years  had  been  decreasing, 
and,  by  various  misfortunes,  the  consequence 
of  inattention  to  business,  he  was  now  nearly 
reduced  to  poverty.  He  used  no  intoxicating 
drinks.  No  one  could  lay  a  crime  to  his. 
charge.  In  the  beginning  of  his  course  he 
was  worth  a  handsome  property — was  highly 
educated,  and  possessed  a  kind  and  generous 
disposition,  yet  he  was  as  really  the  victim  of 
a  vicious  habit,  as  if  that  habit  had  been  the 
excessive  use  of  alcoholic  drinks.  He  might 
have  written  his  name  on  the  minds  and 
hearts  of  his  generation.  In  his  literary  and  be 
nevolent  achievements,  he  might  have  reared 
an  imperishable  monument  to  his  fame.  But 
alas,  how  different  and  melancholy  is  the  re 
sult  of  all  his  splendid  natural  endowments 
and  brilliant  literary  attainments. 

That  his  mind  was  essentially  impaired, 
had  been  observed  by  all  his  friends,  for  a  con 
siderable  length  of  time.  He  was  taciturn 
and  retiring ;  could  retain  nothing  in  his  me 
mory  for  a  day.  He  was  occasionally  irritable, 
most  of  the  time  stupid,  and  seemed  to  think 
of  nothing  but  his  pipe.  Many  fears  were  en- 
tained  concerning  him.  On  the  evening  of 
October  26, 1831,  pistols  were  heard  discharged 
in  his  room,  and  immediately  a  heavy  fall 


MAYOR    JONES  }    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  49 

His  room  was  instantly  entered,  and  there  lay 
poor  Wells,  lifeless,  on  the  floor.  His  head 
was  shattered  excessively.  He  meant  to  make 
sure  work  of  it.  He  had  discharged  the  two 
pistols,  one  at  each  temple. 

On  his  table  were  found  two  letters,  one  ad 
dressed  to  his  sister,  and  the  other  to  Mrs. 
Iseula  Milligan,  with  an  urgent  request  that 
their  contents  might  not  be  divulged. 


CHAPTER  V. 

"  NICOTINE,  a  peculiar  principle  obtained 
from  tobacco,  is  a  most  deadly  poison." 

"  Can  you  tell  me  how  that  is  obtained  ?" 
said  I  to  Mr.  Packenham. 

"  The  following  process,"  said  he,  "  is 
adopted  for  obtaining  it  in  a  state  of  purity. 
Boil  twelve  ounces  of  dry  tobacco  leaves  in 
water  acidulated  with  sulphuric  acid  ;  evapo 
rate  and  treat  the  extract  with  alcohol  diluted 
with  a  ninth  part  of  water ;  add  a  little  water 
to  the  solution,  and  distill ;  add  hydrate  of  lime 
to  the  aqueous  residuum,  and  redistill.  The 
product  being  mixed  and  agitated  with  ether, 
the  latter  is  to  be  poured  oft,  and  a  fresh  por 
tion  added.  All  the  ethereous  solutions  are  to 
be  united,  and  put  in  contact  with  muriate  of 
lime,  which  will  take  away  the  water;  and 
the  concentrated  ethereous  solution,  being  eva- 
5 


50  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

porated  or  distilled,  will  leave  one  hundred 
grains  of  reddish  nicotine.  It  is  liquid  at  21° 
Fahrenheit;  its  odor  resembles  that  of  dry  to 
bacco  ;  its  taste  is  very  acrid,  burning  and  du 
rable.  It  is  denser  than  water,  volatilizes  in 
the  air,  and  boils  at  417°  Fahrenheit.  It  dis 
solves  in  water,  in  all  proportions,  and  the  so 
lution  has  an  alkaline  reaction.  When  dis 
solved  in  alcohol  or  ether,  and  exposed  to  heat, 
it  does  not  distill  with  their  vapors.  Acids 
take  the  nicotine  from  the  ethereous  solution, 
and  form  salts  insoluble  in  ether."* 

Whoever  uses  tobacco,  takes  into  his  mouth 
a  proportion  of  this  deadly  poison,  and  were  it 
not  for  its  cathartic  properties  and  its  power 
fully  exciting  the  salivary  glands,  so  that  it  is 
purged  from  the  system,  it  would  produce  in 
stant  death. 

On  my  remarking  that  an  astonishing  quan 
tity  of  tobacco  was  used,  and  that  it  was  a 
very  considerable  article  of  commerce  and  ma 
nufacture, — ^ 

"  Let  me,"  said  he,  "  read  you  the  remarks 
of  an  author,  who,  as  he  treats  the  subject 
merely  as  a  scholar,  cannot  be  supposed  to 
have  a  pique  against  it. 

"  The  introduction  of  the  use  of  tobacco 
forms  a  singular  chapter  in  the  history  of  man 
kind,  and  it  may  well  excite  astonishment  that 
the  discovery  in  America  of  a  nauseous  and 
poisonous  weed,  of  an  acrid  taste  and  disagree- 

*  Enc.  Amer  vol.  ix.  p.  284. 


OR,    MY    CIGAR.  51 

able  odor,  in  short,  whose  only  properties  are 
deleterious,  should  have  had  so  great  an  influ 
ence  on  the  social  condition  of  all  nations  ; 
that  it  should  have  become  an  article  of  most 
extensive  commerce  ;  and  that  its  culture 
should  have  spread  more  rapidly  than  that  of 
the  most  useful  plants.  At  the  time  of  the 
discovery  of  America,  tobacco  was  in  frequent 
use  among  the  Indians,  and  the  practice  of 
smoking  was  common  to  almost  all  the  tribes, 
and  they  pretended  to  cure  a  great  variety  of 
diseases  by  this  plant.  Its  introduction  into 
the  eastern  continent,  was  every  where  marked 
with  ridicule  and  persecution.  The  book  writ 
ten  against  it  by  James  I.  is  well  known ;  but 
a  hundred  others,  of  the  same  character,  were 
published  in  various  languages.  Pope  Urban 
VIII.  excommunicated  those  who  took  tobacco 
in  churches ;  the  empress  Elizabeth  also  pro 
hibited  its  use  in  churches.  In  Transylvania, 
an  ordinance  was  published,  in  1689,  threaten 
ing  those  who  should  plant  tobacco,  with  the 
confiscation  of  their  estates.  The  grand-duke 
of  Moscow,  and  the  king  of  Prussia  forbade  its 
use,  under  the  penalty  of  the  loss  of  the  nose, 
and  even  of  death.  At  present,  the  aspect  of 
affairs  is  so  much  changed,  that  all  the  sove 
reigns  of  Europe,  and  most  of  those  of  other 
parts  of  the  world,  derive  a  considerable  part  of 
their  revenue  from  tobacco.*  The  plant  is  glu 
tinous,  and  covered  with  a  very  short  down ; 
the  stem  upright,  four  or  five  feet  high,  and 
branches  ;  the  leaves  are  alternate,  sessile,  oval- 


52  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

oblong,  and  entire  on  the  margin ;  the  supe 
rior  ones  lanceolate ;  the  flowers  are  disposed 
in  a  terminal  panicle ;  the  tube  of  the  corolla 
long,  inflated  towards  the  summit,  arid  divid 
ing  into  five  acute,  angular,  spreading  lobes  of  a 
rose  color.  It  was  originally  a  native  of  South 
America.  Another  species  (N.  rustica)  is 
very  common,  but  -is  less  esteemed,  and  is  dis 
tinguished  by  the  short  yellowish  green  corolla. 
N.  quadrival^is  is  cultivated  by  the  Indians 
of  Missouri,  and  furnishes  tobacco  of  excellent 
quality.  The  best  Havana  cigars  are  made 
from  the  leaves  of  N.  repanda.  Other  species 
of  tobacco  are  found  in  Mexico  and  South 
America.  One  has  been  discovered  in  China, 
and  another  in  New  Holland.  This  genus 
belongs  to  the  natural  family  SolanecB.  This 
popular  narcotic  is  probably  in  more  extensive 
use  than  any  other,  and  its  only  rival  is  the 
betel  of  the  East.  According  to  Linnaeus,  it 
was  known  in  Europe  from  1560,  when  seeds 
of  it  were  sent  from  Portugal  to  Catherine  de 
Medici,  by  Nicot,  the  French  ambassador  in 
that  country,  from  whom  it  received  its  botan 
ical  name.  The  common  notion,  that  the 
specific  appellation,  tobacco,  was  derived  from 
its  having  been  imported  from  Tombago,  is 
now  universally  admitted  to  be  without  foun 
dation.  Humboldt  has  shown  that  tobacco  was 
the  term  used  in  the  Haytien  language  to  de 
signate  the  pipe  or  instrument  employed  by  the 
natives  in  smoking  the  herb ;  which  term,  hav 
ing  been  transferred,  by  the  Spaniards,  from  the 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  53 

pipe  to  the  herb  itself,  has  been  adopted  by  other 
nations.  Others  there  are,  who  suppose  that  the 
weed  was  dedicated  tolBacchus,  and  has  taken 
its  name  from  the  Greek  ™  Ba^w,  (to  Bakcho.) 
This  seems  very  probable,  when  its  moral  in 
fluence  is  considered. 

"  Tobacco  is  believed  to  have  been  first  in 
troduced  into  England  by  the  settlers,  who  re 
turned  in  1586,  from  the  colony  which  it  had 
been  attempted  to  found  in  Virginia,  under  the 
auspices  of  Raleigh.  Harriot  says,  that  the 
English,  during  the  time  they  were  in  Virginia, 
and  after  their  return  home,  were  accustomed 
to  smoke  it,  after  the  manner  of  the  natives. 
Raleigh  and  other  young  men  of  fashion, 
adopted  and  introduced  the  practice  into  Eng 
land,  and  it,  rapidly  spread  among  the  English, 
as  it  had  previously  done  among  the  Portu 
guese,  Spaniards  and  French.  During  the 
reign  of  George  III.,  the  practice  of  smoking, 
which  had  previously  been  exceedingly  preva 
lent,  went  out  of  fashion,  and  was  nearly  su 
perseded,  among  the  frigher  and  middle  classes, 
by  that  of  snuff- taking.  Latterly,  however, 
smoking  has  been  revived  in  that  country. 
The  practice  of  smoking  has  become  so  gene 
ral,  especially  in  Holland  and  Germany,  that 
it  constitutes  a  daily  luxury  with  nearly  all 
the  peasantry  of  those  countries,  as  well  as 
with  the  more  wealthy  and  indolent  classes  of 
inhabitants.  Tobacco  is  a  powerful  narcotic, 
and  also  a  strong  stimulant,  and,  taken  inter 
nally,  even  in  small  doses,  it  proves  powerfully 
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54  MAYOR    JONES  t    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

emetic  and  purgative.  The  oil  is  celebrated 
for  its  extreme  virulence,  and.  when  applied  to 
a  wound,  is  said,  by  Redi,  to  be  as  fatal  as  the 
poison  of  a  viper.  The  decoction,  powder  and 
smoke,  are  used  in  agriculture  to  destroy  in 
sects." 

This  account,  given  in  the  Encyclopedia 
Americana,  is  very  mild.  It  is  not  the  writer's 
object  to  give  its  medical  properties,  nor  its  del 
eterious  influence  when  used  as  a  luxury,  yet 
this  account  of  it  would  seem  sufficient  to  deter 
men  from  its  use.  It  probably  destroys  as 
many  lives  every  year  as  alcohol,  if  we  con 
sider  its  indirect  as  well  as  its  direct  influence. 
For  a  clear  and  full  account  of  this  pernicious 
weed,  let  me  recommend  to  you,  two  works  re 
cently  published  in  New- York,  "  The  Mysteries 
of  Tobacco/'  and  "  Responses  on  the  use  of 
Tobacco." 


CHAPTER  VI. 

"  THERE  is  nothing  like  trying,"  is  a  trite 
but  valuable  saying.  The  youth  who  adopts 
it  as  a  principle,  and  acts  upon  it  through  life, 
will  accomplish  great  things.  It  is  certain  that 
he  never  will  be  a  slave  to  any  habit,  and 
never  will  sit  down  in  despondency  under  any 
difficulties.  This  lesson,  taught  Bruce,  by  a 
spider,  secured  him  his  crown.  Nothing 
should  tempt  a  man  to  despair.  It  is  indeed 


MAYOR   JONES  ]    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  55 

puerile  and  shameful  for  a  man  to  yield  to  the 
power  of  any  habit,  and  plead  an  inability  to 
rise  above  it,  or  to  break  away  from  it.  Try 
ing,  with  a  firm  purpose,  will  enable  a  man 
to  conquer  habits,  and  conquer  poverty,  and 
conquer  infamy.  It  was  trying,  that  made 
Demosthenes  an  orator,  and  Napoleon  an 
emperor,  and  Croesus  rich. 

With  these  remarks  let  me  introduce  to  you 
Pronto  Saunders.  He  was  of  a  good  family, 
well  educated,  had  a  strong,  well  built  frame, 
and  a  countenance- peculiarly  intelligent,  ex 
pressive  and  pleasant.  He  opened  a  dry-goods 
store  when  he  was  twenty  two,  with  a  capital 
of  about  three  thousand  dollars.  He  had 
served  four  years  as  clerk  with  the  very  pros 
perous  firm  of  Underwald  &  Co.  His  want  of 
success  in  business  was  neither  the  result  of  his 
not  understanding  it,  nor  was  it  from  any  re- 
pulsiveness  in  his  manner  of  dealing  with  his 
customers.  He  was  graceful  and  winning  in 
his  intercourse  with  all  classes  of  society.  His 
fault  lay  not  here. 

He  trusted,  indeed,  too  much  to  his  clerks, 
and  after  a  year  or  two  was  generally  absent 
from  his  store  a  large  portion  of  his  time. 
This  was  the  result  of  his  inordinate  love  of 
smoking.  He  could  not,  without  great  detri 
ment  to  his  goods  and  business,  smoke  in  his 
store,  and  this  occasioned,  what  was  an  equal 
detriment  to  his  business,  his  spending  much 
time  in  those  places  where  smoking  was  allow 
able. 


56        MAYOR  JONES;  OR,  MY  CIGAR. 

Excessive  smoking,  or  using  tobacco  in  any 
manner,  is  injurious  to  a  man  of  business,  not 
only  as  it  occupies  a  portion  of  his  time,  but, 
also,  as  it  occasions  a  lassitude  and  many  ills 
which  seem  to  require  relaxation,  and  it  creates, 
like  alcohol,  a  dreamy  competence  which  ren 
ders  a  laborious  attention  to  business  unneces 
sary. 

The  question  was  frequently  asked,  but  was 
as  frequently  unanswered,  "  What  is  the  reason 
that  Mr.  Saunders  does  not  thrive  in  his  busi 
ness  ?  He  is  a  fine  fellow  and  excepting  that 
he  is  a  little  'too  frequently  absent  from  his 
store,  no  one  can  fault  him."  None  thought 
of  his  tobacco. 

In  all  other  respects  his  habits  were  correct 
and  proper.  He  was  a  constant  attendant  at 
church,  and  was  a  teacher  in  the  Sabbath 
School.  He  was  pained  that  the  members  of 
his  class  always  seemed  so  distant.  He  la 
bored  to  win  their  affections,  but  the  more  he 
attempted  to  make  himself  familiar,  by  draw 
ing  near  to  them,  or  taking  them  to  his  side, 
the  more  they  appeared  to  recoil  from  his  touch, 
and  were  ever  disposed  to  draw  away  from 
him.  He  did  not  understand  it,  but  concluded 
that £  he  did  not  know  how  to  manage  children.' 
Could  he  have  heard  the  little  fellows  at  home 
he  would  have  understood  the  cause. 

"  Mamma,"  said  Paulus  Rideus,  one  morn 
ing,  as  he  was  bidden  to  prepare  for  Sabbath 
School,  "  I  love  Mr.  Saunders,  he  is  so  pleasant, 
but  I  wish  I  could  belong  to  some  other  class." 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  57 

"  Why,"  said  his  mother,  "  if  you  love  Mr. 
Saunders,  do  you  wish  to  leave  his  class  ?" 

"  O  mamma,"  said  the  little  fellow,  "  because 
his  breath  smells  so  bad.  He  smokes  so  much, 
I  can't  bear  to  have  him  put  his  head  near  me." 

"  Irene,"  said  Mr.  Sharp  to  his  daughter  one 
evening,  after  Mr.  Saunders  had  been  making 
a  call,  "  I  hope  you  will  guard  well  that  sus 
ceptible  heart  of  yours.  As  you  have  never 
felt  any  thing  but  bland  breezes,  I  suppose 
that  you  think  there  are  no  other.  But  let 
me  tell  you  that  poverty  is  like  a  rough  and 
piercing  wind,  and  doubly  blighting,  when  it 
is  hopelessly  entailed,  as  it  must  be,  where  a 
man  has  sunk  a  fortune,  with  every  facility  for 
increasing  it." 

"  What  does  father  mean  ?"  said  Irene. 

"  I  mean  that  I  do  not  admire  Mr.  Saunders. 
He  is  a  pleasant  and  fine  looking  man,  but  I 
don't  like  his  habits.  He  is  astonishingly  inat 
tentive  to  his  business.  He  had  rather  see  a 
good  cigar  than  a  good  customer,  any  time ; 
and  he  is  much  more  attentive  to  the  former 
than  he  is  to  the  latter.  I  fear,  and  I  am  not 
alone  in  it,  that  he  will  be  out  i  the  little  end 
of  the  horn'  before  long." 

"  I  wish,"  said  Irene,  "  that  some  kind  friend 
would  speak  to  him  about  his  smoking  so  much. 
It  is  a  pity  that  a  man  so  very  agreeable  as  he 
is,  should  make  himself  so  very  offensive.  His 
clothes  smell  as  if  they  had  been  steeped  in  to 
bacco  smoke.  I  cannot  endure  to  sit  near  him." 


58  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

\ 

"  I  am  glad  he  smokes  then,  if  that  will  keep 
him  at  his  proper  distance  from  my  family.  He 
will  never  make  any  thing  in  the  world,  mark 
my  word,"  said  Mr.  Sharp. 

About  this  time,  Mr.  Saunders  visited  Mr. 
Jones  in  the  village  of  A.  It  was  not  far  from 
a  year  before  the  marriage  of  the  latter.  They 
were,  and  had  been  intimate  acquaintances 
from  the  time  of  our  first  meeting  in  1811. 
Saunders  was  much  impressed  with  the  differ 
ence  between  him  and  Jones,  and  the  change 
that  seemed  rapidly  taking  place  in  their  for 
tunes.  Jones  began  the  world  poor,  and  he 
was  now  worth  several  thousands,  and  was 
universally  respected  and  beloved  :  whereas  he 
had  commenced  business  with  several  thou 
sands,  and  was  now  very  much  reduced.  In 
deed  nothing  but  the  lenity  of  his  creditors 
kept  him  from  immediate  bankruptcy." 

"  Mr.  Jones,"  said  Saunders,  "  I  wish  I 
could  leave  the  city  and  obtain  a  good  situa 
tion  in  the  country.  It  must  be  owing  to  that, 
I  think,  that  you  have  been  so  much  more 
prosperous  than  myself." 

"  No,  sir,  you  are  mistaken,"  said  Jones,  "  it 
is  not  owing  to  that  in  the  least,  and  certainly 
it  is  not  because  I  have  a  better  business  tact 
than  you,  for  no  man  can  do  a  more  prosper 
ous  business  than  yourself,  if  you  have  a  mind 
to  attend  to  it." 

"  To  what  then  is  it  owing  ?  There  is  to 
me  some  mystery  about  it." 

"  There  i%  none  to  me,"  said  Jones  ;  "  you  re- 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  59 

collect  the  evening  we  spent  together  in  1811, 
when  Packenham  gave  us  a  lecture  on  tobacco, 
and  I  threw  my  cigar  into  the  fire,  solemnly 
protesting  that  I  never  would  use  tobacco  any 
more." 

"  I  do,  and  I  thought  you  a  foolish  fellow  to 
cut  yourself  off  from  such  a  source  of  innocent 
enjoyment." 

"  Well,  sir,  the  ashes  of  that  cigar  were  the 
seeds  of  my  prosperity  :  but  for  the  events  of 
that  evening,  with  the  heavy  expenses  1  have 
had  to  sustain,  I  am  satisfied,  that  this  day  I 
should  not  be  worth  a  dollar." 

"  1  thought  that  evening,  that  Packenham 
had  fired  you  with  his  enthusiasm,  and  I  per 
ceive  that  it  is  still  burning." 

"  No  enthusiasm  about  it.    It  is  a  plain  case." 

"If  you  can  make  that  out,  you  ought  to 
have  been  a  lawyer ;  at  least  you  would  have 
succeeded  w^li  for  your  clients,  whether  their 
cause  were  good  or  bad." 

"  I  possess  no  great  ability  at  speech-mak 
ing,  nor  do  I  need  such  ability  to  satisfy  even 
you,  that  I  have  spoken  the  truth  in  soberness, 
without  a  spark  of  enthusiasm." 

"  Well,  sir,  let  me  hear  you.  Perhaps  this 
visit  will  lay  the  foundation  of  a  fortune  for 
me,"  said  Saunders  smiling. 

"  It  will  indeed,"  said  Jones,  "  if  you  adopt 
the  course  I  did  under  the  remarks  of  our 
friend  Packenham.  In  the  first  place  then,  I 
am  fully  satisfied  that  my  constitution  would 
have  sunk  under  the  use  of  tobacco.  I  should 


60  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

have  been  more  dyspeptic  than  yourself,  and 
must  therefore  have  neglected  my  business. 
Ill  health  is  a  great  tax  upon  a  man's  purse  as 
well  as  his  enjoyment.  Whatever  tends  to  pro 
duce  health,  tends  as  a  consequence  to  produce 
wealth.  Prom  that  evening  to  this  time,  I 
have  enjoyed  uninterrupted  health,  while  all 
the  tobacco  consumers  around  me  are  complain 
ing  perpetually.  Then  I  have  saved  several 
years  time  during  the  last  fifteen,  by  not  using 
the  cigar,  which  time  I  have  strictly  devoted  to 
my  business.  A  man  cannot  smoke  much 
without  neglecting  his  business  some.  Then 
to  make  my  story  short,  allow  me  to  ask,  how 
much  has  it  cost  you  per  day,  for  cigars,  for 
the  last  fifteen  years  ?" 

"  Well,  I  smoke  nothing  but  the  best  "of  Span 
ish  ;  I  have  acquired  such  a  taste  for  them  that 
I  cannot  endure  any  others.  When  I  buy  by 
the  box,  they  cost  me  two  dollars  oer  hundred. 
I  buy  a  great  many  for  which  I  give  three 
cents  apiece.  Generally  I  .smoke  from  six  to 
eight  per  day,  and  give  away  from  three  to 
four.  I  never  made  a  cast  upon  it  before,  but 
I  perceive  it  has  cost  me  not  far  from  eighteen 
pence  per  day." 

"  You  see  by  this  statement  that  you  have 
smoked  away  a  larger  fortune  during  the  last 
fifteen  years  than*I  now  possess  :  for  if  it  has 
cost  you  eighteen  pence  per  day,  and  I  pre 
sume  it  has,  if  you  have  averaged  smoking 
seven  and  have  given  away  two  per  day,  and  as 
I  know  your  generous  nature,  I  have  no  doubt 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  61 

you  have  given  away  double  that  number ; 
nine  cigars  at  two  cents  apiece  would  amount 
to  eighteen  cents,  and  for  many  you  pay  three, 
sufficient  to  make  the  pence  ;  that  sum  at  an 
nual  interest  will  amount  in  fifteen  years  to 
about  five  thousand  dollars" 

"  I  believe  that  you  are  right,  and  I  confess 
that  I  am  startled  at  the  fact.  It  is  surprising 
that  I  never  thought  of  it  before.  Half  of  that 
sum  now  would  put  all  my  creditors  into  good 
humor  with  me." 

"  The  thought  occurred  to  me,"  continued 
Mr.  Jones,  "  under  our  friend  Packen ham's  re 
marks,  that  it  was  costing  me  not  far  from  one 
shilling  per  day  for  cigars,  for  1  consumed  from 
three  to  four  at  three  cents  apiece.  I  resolved 
therefore  that  I  would  quit  the  use  of  tobacco, 
and  lay  up,  at  least,  that  amount  of  money 
every  day.  That  I  have  done,  and  that  is 
nearly  all  I  have  succeeded  in  doing.  One 
shilling  a  day  at  annual  interest  will  amount 
to  about  three  thousand  dollars  in  fifteen  years. 
My  property  at  a  fair  valuation  is  worth  only 
four  thousand  dollars,  so  that  I  have  gained 
only  one  thousand  over  the  saving  from  my 
tobacco.  You  commenced  business  with  about 
three  thousand,  the  expenses  of  cigars  for  fif 
teen  years  at  one  shilling  per  day." 

Mr.  Saunders  took  his  pencil  and  figured. 
He  was  astonished.  His  emotions  were  min 
gled — he  felt  surprise,  regret,  shame,  and  a 
rising  purpose  to  commence  life  anew.  He 
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62  MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

raised  his  head,  after  being  bowed  for  a  few 
minutes. 

"  I  see,"  said  he,  "  the  world  is  made  of  par 
ticles,  and  the  ocean  of  drops.  You  have  had 
a  small  stream  running  into  your  coffer,  and  I 
have  had  a  small  stream  running  out  of  mine. 
The  result  is,  you  are  rich  and  1  am  poor. 
This  strikes  me  as  a  singular  affair." 

"  You  see  I  have  made  out  my  case,"  said 
Mr.  Jones,  "  without  the  display  of  any  such 
genius  as  would  have  made  me  a  promising 
lawyer." 

Mr.  Saunders  took  his  cigar  from  his  mouth 
and  held  it  up,  fixing  his  eye  upon  it  in  deep 
thought,  and  pouring  a  wire  stream  of  blue 
smoke,  for  a  moment,  from  his  lips,  which 
were  moving  in  a  manner  that  indicated  the 
working  of  his  mind ;  he  then  gave  utterance 
to  the  following  parody — 

"  To  smoke,  or  not  to  smoke  ?     This  is  the  question  :— 
Whether  'tis  better  in  the  purse  to  bear 
The  plagues  and  torments  of  a  smoking  head, 
Or  to  take  arms  against  destructive  habits, 
And  by  opposing  end  them  ? 

"  I  will  take  up  arms,"  said  he.  "  I  confess, 
Mr.  Jones,  you  have  made  a  convert  of  me. 
There  is  no  coal  fire  here  in  which  to  plant  it, 
but  I  say  as  you  did,  There  goes  my  cigar" 
throwing  it  into  the  street,  in  a  manner  which 
spoke  the  firmness  of  his  purpose,  "  and  never 
again  in  any  form  will  I  use  tobacco.  I  kno\v 
it  will  cost  me  a  tremendous  struggle ;  but 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  63 

would  tobacco  save  me  from  death,  I  would 
hardly  consent  to  use  it  again.  It  is  clear  to 
my  mind  that  the  rascally  stuff  has  nearly 
ruined  me.  I  will  save,  at  least,  my  shilling  a 
day,"  said  he,  smiling. 

"  I  congratulate  you,"  said  Mr*,. Jones,  "on 
the  achievement  of  a  glorious  victory,  and 
let  me  say  to  you,"  he  added,  "  in  a  low  and 
encouraging  voice,  "  that  if  the  loan  of  a 
thousand  dollars  will  be  of  service  to  enable 
you  to  overcome  your  present  embarrassment, 
I  can  let  you  have  it." 

A  tear  started  in  Saunders's  eye.  The  loan 
was  effected. 

It  is  now  nearly  twenty  years  since  the  in 
terview  of  which  I  am  speaking  ;  and  you 
wish  to  know  the  result.  I  will  be  brief.  In 
the  first  place,  his  health  was  perfectly  re 
stored.  In  a  letter  received  from  him  some 
time  afterwards,  he  says, — 
•  "  Three  years  have  already  passed  since  I 
quit  the  use  of  tobacco,,,  and  I  can  say  with  the 
blind  man,  I  was  sick,  I  am  well ;  I  was  weak, 
I  am  strong ;  I  was  dejected,  I  am  full  of  hope ; 
the  world  was  dark,  it  is  now  bright.  In  a 
word,  I  am  entirely  cured ;  disease  hast  fled 
and  nature  triumphed  over  its  ravages,  and  for 
all  the  gold  tobacco  ever  got,  I  would  not  re 
turn  to  its  use.  I  was  nearly  destroyed  by  it. 
When  I  look  back  upon  the  past,  it  seems  as 
if  I  had  narrowly  escaped  from  a  most  cruel 
and  powerful  foe,  who,  long  ere  this,  would 
have  consigned  me  to  the  grave.  I  formerly 


64  MAYOR^JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

thought  that  tobacco  yielded  a  degree  of  plea 
sure  ;  but  I  now  see  that  its  fruit  was  misery, 
and  nothing  else.  I  am  vastly  happier,  as 
well  as  more  healthy  without  it.  The  amount 
of  life  and  Jiealth  that  is  destroyed  by  it  is 
truly  astonjffting.  Yet  the  world  is  asleep  in 
relation  to  it',  arid  will  not  believe  a  word  that 
is  said  of  its  poisonous  properties  and  its  dele 
terious  influence." 

In  a  short  time,  Mr.  Saunders  was  free  from 
debt.  His  business  increased  in  proportion  to 
his  attention  to  it,  which  was  unremitting. 
He  was  exceedingly  affable  and  pleasing,  as 
well  as  upright  and  conscientious  in  his  deal 
ing,  and  as  he  was  now  generally  found  at  his 
business,  his  store  was  crowded.  The  change 
in  his  attention  to  his  business  was  noticed  by 
all,  though  but  few  understood  the  cause.  Mr. 
Sharp  was  astonished,  and  soon  came  to  the 
conclusion  that  he  had  been  deceived  respect 
ing  himf  and  concluded  that  he  was  a  ver/ 
promising  and  prosperous  business  man.  Irene 
Sharp  was  not  offended  at  sitting  near  him  ; 
the  disagreeable  odor  from  his  clothes  had  fled 
with  his 'tobacco;  and  it  is  now  many  years 
since,  with  her  father's  cordial  approbation,  she 
took  the  name  of  Mrs.  Saunders.  On  her 
marriage,  Mr.  Sharp  gave  his  daughter  a  fine 
house,  beautifully  located  and  well  furnished. 
Independently  of  property  received  by  his  wife, 
Mr.  Saunders  has  accumulated  a  property  of 
some  ten  thousand  dollars.  He  occupies  a 
high  station  in  society,  and  sustains  a  reputa- 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  65 

tion  that  any  man  may  be  proud  of.  If  you 
speak  to  him  on  the  subject  of  tobacco,  you 
will  instantly  see  the  fire  of  enthusiasm  kin 
dle  in  his  eye ;  and  he  will  assure  you  that  he 
owes  all  his  present  happiness  to  that  kind 
Providence  which  led  him  to  throw  away  his 
cigar.  He  never  speaks  to  a  young  man  on 
the  subject,  who  is  addicted  to  the  habit,  with 
out  a  tear. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

IT  is  with  reluctance  that  I  approach  the 
subject  of  this  chapter.  Yet  there  was  a  time 
when  I  was  proud  to  introduce  him  as  my 
friend.  He  is  like  a  stately  edifice  in  ruins, 
exhibiting  only  some  faint  traces  of  its  former 
greatness.  He  is  the  son  of  the  *  late  Doctor 

Walch,  a  distinguished  physician  of  N . 

Evander  was  the  only  child  of  a  first  wife,  and 
by  the  death  of  his  grandfather,  Gen.  Asher- 
ton,  he  came  in  possession  of  a  property  of  fif 
teen  thousand  dollars.  The  prospects  of  no  one 
of  that  company,  which  I  have  introduced  to 
your  notice,  were  so  flattering,  at  the  time  of 
our  meeting,  as  Evander's.  He  was  a  noble 
specimen  of  human  nature.  His  heart  was  as 
large  as  his  means,  and  his  mind  as  noble  as 
his  heart.  A  little  above  the  ordinary  stature, 
he  is  of  a  dark  complexion,  black  eyes,  high 


66  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

and  expansive  forehead,  and  a  countenance 
which  in  his  early  manhood  bespoke  a  capa 
cious  and  intelligent  soul.  He  has  a  finished 
education,  and  was  trained  to  the  profession  of 
the  law.  He  moved  principally  in  the  first 
class  of  society,  to  which  his  parentage  and 
connections  naturally  introduced  him. 

At  an  early  age  he  became  an  ardent  lover 
of  that  weed  which  has-  done  more  towards 
peopling  the  grave,  than  any  other  article  in 
use  among  men,  except  alcohol ;  and  vastly 
more  than  alcohol  itself,  in  any  one  of  its  mix 
tures,  such  as  beer,  wine,  ruin,  brandy,  or  gin. 
Then,  was  it  not  for  tobacco,  old  King  Alcohol 
would  be  shorn  of  half  his  strength  ;  it  is  his 
principal  recruiting  officer.  Banish  tobacco 
from  common  use,  and  few  would  be  inclined 
to  use  alcoholic  drinks,  and  those  who  do, 
would,  after  being  quit  of  tobacco,  soon  acquire 
strength  to  resist  the  inclination. 

Evander's  use  of  tobacco  soon  led  him  to 
the  free  use  of  intoxicating  liquors.  He  felt 
that  he  needed  something  to  raise  nature  to 
its  wonted  tone,  from  which  it  had  been  de 
pressed  by  his  incessant  use  of  tobacco,  both  in 
smoking  and  chewing.  He  never  has  attended, 
but  very  little,  to  business,  as  he  thought  his 
fortune  in  possession  and  his  fortune  in  pros 
pect  amply  sufficient  to  support  him  in  a  style 
becoming  his  station,  without  it.  Finding  an 
abundant  leisure,  and  plenty  of  means,  he  be 
came  increasingly  fond  of  pleasure,  and  felt  a 
consequent  growing  distaste  for  every  thing 


MAYOR    JONES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  67 

which  did  not  tend  immediately  to  promote  it. 
The  exhausting  influence  of  his  cigars, — and 
he  was  seldom  without  one  in  his  mouth, — 
rendered  some  stimulus  necessary  to  revive 
him,  and  the  excitement  of  the  spirits  again 
called  for  the  narcotic  influence  of  tobacco. 
They  reciprocally  operated  upon  each  other. 

I  have  repeatedly  labored,  with  all  the 
warmth  of  friendship,  to  persuade  him  to  quit 
these  destructive  habits,  but  in  vain.  Mr. 
Jones  has  repeatedly  visited  him  for  the  same 
purpose,  and  twice  succeeded  in  getting  him 
to  sign  the  temperance  pledge  ;  but  his  tobacco, 
which  he  would  not  quit,  soon  led  him  back 
again  to  his  cups.  His  friends,  who  would  be 
in  ecstacy  to  see  him  quit  intoxicating  drinks, 
encourage  his  use  of  tobacco,  as  they  think  he 
cannot  leave  the  use  of  both,  for  he  would 
have  no  source  of  enjoyment  left.  He  is  more 
of  a  philosopher  himself,  and  says,  that  his  ex 
perience  and  observation  have  taught  him  that 
to  get  quit  of  his  cups,  he  must  get  quit  of  his 
tobacco,  but  for  the  latter  he  pleads  an  absolute 
inability. 

The  general  opinion  and  teachings  of  tem 
perance  men  on  this  subject,  tends  to  most 
melancholy  results.  The  use  of  tobacco  is  not 
thought  to  be  in  itself  an  evil,  nor  is  it  taught, 
by  them,  to  be  necessary  to  quit  its  use  as  a 
temperance4  measure.  There  is  not  a  doubt, 
in  my  mind,  that  very  few  who  sign  the  tem 
perance  pledge  would  ever  fall  away,  if  at  the 
time  of  their  signing  it,  they  also  quit  the  use 


68  MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

of  tobacco ;  and  thousands  upon  thousands 
more  would  sign  it,  if  they  could  first  be  per 
suaded  to  abandon  its  use. 

For  several  years  Evander  cherished  the 
hope  of  becoming  connected  with  the  family 
of  Gen.  Murdock,  a  family  of  great  wealth  and 
respectability.  The  young  lady  who  had  his 
heart  was  every  way  worthy  of  him,  if  he  had 
been  what  nature  made  him;  but  on  account 
of  his  habits,  the  union  was  deferred.  Some 
ten  years  since  Miss  Elcy  Murdock  took  the 
name  of  Melville.  The  gentleman  who  be 
came  possessed  of  this  rich  jewel,  rich  in  virtue 
and  accomplishments,  as  well  as  wealth,  sus 
tains  a  high  and  respectable  standing  in  so 
ciety. 

Evander  had  long  been  like  a  noble  edifice 
swayed  from  its  base  by  some  undermining 
spring,  and  only  waiting  some  blast  of  a  hur 
ricane,  or  slight  shock  of  an  earthquake,  to 
prostrate  it,  and  such  an  event  was  the  mar 
riage  of  Miss  Elcy  Murdock.  It  swept  away 
all  the  nobleness  that  remained  of  him.  He 
plunged  into  the  business  of  gambling,  and 
other  vices  ;  and  his  fortune,  which  was  nearly 
consumed  before,  was  soon  blown  away  as 
'the  chaff  of  the  summer  threshing  floor.'  He 
is  now  the  mere  shadow  of  a  man, — ruined, 
absolutely  ruined  in  body,  mind,  and  estate. 
It  is  enough  to  make  angels  weep,  to  witness 
such  ruin  of  physical  and  intellectual  great 
ness. 

Had  the  tobacco  reform  progressed  with  the 


MAYOR   JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  69 

reform  from  ardent  spirits,  he  might  have  been 
saved,  or,  even  now,  there  might  be  a  spark  of 
hope.  As  it  is,  there  is  none.  The  power  of 
the  temperance  pledge  has  been  tried  upon 
him  again  and  again.  Every  means  as  yet 
employed,  has  been  as  weak  as  'the  green 
withs'  upon  the  hands  of  Samson.  You  may 
now  see  him  hanging  about  the  lowest  haunts 
of  vice,  a  bloated,  miserable  creature, — one  of 
the  noblest  works  of  God  a  debased,  degraded 
being, — the  image  of  God  changed  into  the 
image  of  corruption, — an  intellect  akin  to  an 
gels,  grovelling  among  filth, — a  noble,  capa 
cious  soul  buried  in  a  heap  of  polluted  flesh. 
This  is  the  work  of  tobacco.  Any  unpreju 
diced  mind  must  see  it.  The  foundation  of 
his  ruin  was  laid  in  the  use  of  tobacco,  and  by 
its  use  the  topstone  of  his  infamy  is  brought 
forth  with  shame,  shame  unto  it.  It  is  a 
mighty  achievement  of  this  dreadful  foe.  I 
never  think  of  him  but  I  weep,  and  when  I 
look  at  the  apathy  of  the  community  on  this 
subject  I  am  in  an  agony. 

"Such  was  his  narrative,  and  communicated 
with  a  fervor  and  earnestness  which  told  the 
strength  of  his  feelings.  I  am  surprised  that  my 
attention  never  has  been  turned  to  this  subject 
before.  It  is  as  clear  as  day,  to  me,  that  to 
bacco  is  a  most  fruitful  source  of  evil.  In  the 
account  which  he  gave,  you  perceive  that  two 
buildings  with  a  large  amount  of  property 
were  destroyed  by  cigars ;  one  building  greatly 


70  MAYOR    JOXES  J    OR,    MY    CIGAR. 

damaged  and  one  individual  killed  by  the  fire 
of  his  cigar  coming  in  contact  with  a  keg  of 
powder,  and  many  other  lives  endangered;  the 
death  of  two  others  was  caused  indirectly  by 
smoking  and  chewing  ;  one  of  the  noblest  of 
men  debased  and  degraded  to  the  lowest  ex 
treme  ;  several  fortunes  consumed  by  the  use 
of  tobacco,  and  two  fortunes  made  by  quitting 
it,  besides  my  friend  Packenham,  who  like 
wise  says  that  he  regards  his  early  breaking 
from  the  destructive  habit,  the  most  fortunate 
incident  of  his  life.  You  no  doubt  cease  to  be 
surprised  that  /  have  thrown  away  my  cigar. 
Perhaps  I  may  yet  attain,  by  saving  a  shilling 
a  day,  to  as  great  a  degree  of  prosperity  as 
Mayor  Jones,"  said  he,  smiling. 

''  I  most  sincerely  thank  you,  James,  for  re 
peating  this  interesting  narrative  of  events. 
Circumstances  have  occurred  to  me,  as  you 
have  progressed,  fully  confirming  all  his  state 
ments.  If  young  men,  like  you  and  me, 
should  do  no  more  than  save  the  sixpences,  or 
shillings,  that  it  costs  us  for  cigars,  we  should 
be  worth  a  handsome  little  sum.  in  twenty  or 
thirty  years.  I  am  satisfied  that  the  practice 
is  evil  and  only  evil,  and  whether  I  attain  to 
the  degree  of  prosperity  which  crowns  the  self- 
government,  industry  and  character  of  Mayor 
Jones,  or  not,"  said  he,  taking  out  his  box  of 
cigars,  and  showing  me  five  or  six  packed 
away  for-  use  on  his  passage  up  the  river, — 
"  There,"  throwing  with  an  energy,  box  and 


MAYOR    JONES  ;    OR,    MY    CIGAR.  71 

all  far  away  into  the  Hudson,  "  THERE  GOES 

MY  CIGAR." 

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lotte  Elizabeth  is  a  firm  believer  in  the  national  restoration  of  the  Jews 
to  the  possession  of  Palestine,  but  believes  they  will  previously  be  con 
verted  to  Christianity.  We  advise  our  friends  not  to  take  up  this  book 
until  they  can  spare  time  for  the  perusal;  because,  if  they  commence,  it 
will  require  much  self-denial  to  lay  it  down  until  it  is  fairly  read 
through." — Christian  Adv.  and  Jour. 

THE    FLOWER    GARDEN. 

A  collection  of  deeply  interesting  Memoirs,  beautifully 
illustrated  under  the  similitude  of  flowers. 

C-^ 

SECOND  CAUSES; 

OR,  UP  AND  BE    DOING. 

"  We  consider  this  little  volume  before  us  one  of  the  best  practical 
works  from  the  pen  of  this  popular  writer.  It  presents  a  series  of  inter 
esting  illustrations  of  the  efficacy  of  that  faith  which  looks  above  and 
beyond  second  causes,  and  relies  for  support  on  the  word  and  promises 
of  God."—  Christian  Observer. 

FALSEHOOD    AND    TRUTH. 

"A  beautiful  and  instructive  volume,  worthy  to  be  put  into  the  hands 
of  all  children  and  youth,  as  a  choice  token  of  parental  solicitude  for 
their  preservation  from  insidious  errors,  and  the  establishment  of  the 
truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  Few  there  are  indeed  of  any  age  who  can  read  it 
without  equal  profit  and  pleasure." — Boston  Recorder. 

CONFORMITY. 

"  We  read  this  little  volume  with  great  and  unqualified  satisfaction. 
We  wish  we  could  induce  every  professor  of  religion  in  our  large  cities, 
and  indeed  all  who  are  in  any  way  exposed  to  contact  with  the  fashiona 
ble  world,  to  read  it.  The  author,  in  this  little  work,  fully  sustains  her 
high  reputation  as  a  very  accomplished  and  superior  writer,  and  the 
staunch  advocate  of  Evangelical  principles,  carried  out  and  made  influ 
ential  upon  the  whole  life  and  conduct." — Epis.  Recorder. 


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CHARLOTTE    ELIZABETH  S    WORKS CONTINUED. 

WRONGS    OF    WOMEN. 

Part  I.  :  '  MILLINERS  AND  DRESSMAKERS  ;'  II.  e  THE 
FORSAKEN  HOME  ;'  III.  e  THE  LITTLE  PIN-HEADERS  ;' 
IV.  «  THE  LACE  RUNNERS.' 

"  Is  now  published  in  handsomely  bound  volumes  by  M.  W.  Dodd. 
These  are  the  most  popular  and  intensely  interesting  stories  from  the 
ever-moving  pen  of  Charlotte  Elizabeth,  and  we  are  desirous  to  see  them 
widely  read.  They  are  eminently  calculated  to  awaken  sympathy  for 
the  oppressed  and  the  poor,  and  we  therefore  take  pleasure  in  calling  to 
them  the  attention  of  our  kind-hearted  readers." — N.  Y.  Observer. 

"  This  volume  contains  Charlotte  Elizabeth's  most  graphic,  truthful, 
and  pathetic  expressions  of  the  i  Wrongs  of  Women.'  She  has  come  out 
as  the  champion  of  her  sex,  and  if  they  have  no  such  wrongs  to  be  re 
dressed  in  this  country,  they  have  thousands  who  sympathize  with  their 
enslaved  sisters  in  Great  Britain." — Ib. 

"  The  authoress  of  the  '  Wrongs  of  Women/  Charlotte  Elizabeth,  has 
portrayed  them  in  terms  of  exquisite  pathos  and  heart-moving  tender 
ness.  Eloquently  and  forcibly  has  she  denounced  the  inhuman  policy 
out  of  which  they  have  grown ;  and  with  all  the  susceptibilities  and 
overwhelming  influences  of  woman's  affections,  she  approaches  the  sub 
ject  in  the  hope  of  being  able  to  bring  some  alleviation,  some  mitigation 
of  the  mental  and  physical  degradation  of  her  sex."— American  (Boston) 
Traveller. 

DANGERS    AND    DUTIES. 

"  This  volume  is  full  of  thrilling  interest  and  instruction.  Those  who 
commence,  will  not  be  content  till  they  have  finished  it,  and  they  will 
find  instruction  presented  in  a  form  so  irresistibly  attractive  and  en 
chanting,  that  they  will  read  it  through,  and  wish  it  longer  still." — 
Christian  Advocate. 

PASSING    THOUGHTS, 

"  Few  volumes  of  156  18mo  pages,  contain  a  greater  amount  of  valuable 
thought  happily  arranged  to  secure  attention  and  promote  reflection. 
The  anecdote  of  George  III.,  p.  53,  is  new  to  us,  as  are  indeed  several 
other  illustrations,  but  they  are  striking  and  beautiful.  Books  like  this 
cannot  be  too  widely  circulated  nor  too  frequently  read.  They  supply 
heavenly  aliment  to  the  weak,  useful  medicine  to  the  sick,  and  safe  sti 
mulus  to  the  healthy  and  the  strong." — Boston  Recorder. 


We  also  publish  in  elegant  library  style,  illustrated  with 
Steel  Engravings,  what  to  all  intents  and  purposes  may  be 
considered  a  complete  edition  of  the  Works  of  this  popu 
lar  Authoress.  The  edition  is  comprised  in  upwards  of 
1500  large  octavo  pages. 

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THE  DESERTER. 

"  We  have  never  (we  speak  advisedly)  read  a  story  that  more  entirely 
enchained  us  than  this.  We  are  not  quite  sure  how  much  of  it  is 
fancy,  and  how  much  fact ;  but  we  rather  suppose  that  the  outline  is 
veritable  history,  while  the  filling  up  may  have  been  drawn  partly  from 
the  author's  imagination.  The  principal  hero  of  the  story  is  a  young 
Irishman,  who  was  lead  through  the  influence  of  one  of  his  comrades, 
to  enlist  in  the  British  Army,  contrary  to  the  earnest  entreaties  of  his 
mother,  and  who  went  on  from  one  step  to  another  in  the  career  of  crime 
till  he  was  finally  shot  as  a  deserter  ;  though  not  till  after  he  had  practi 
cally  embraced  the  Gospel.  The  account  of  the  closing  scene  is  one  of 
the  finest  examples  of  pathetic  description  that  we  remember  to  have  met 
with.  The  whole  work  illustrates  with  great  beauty  and  power  the 
Downward  tendencies  of  profligacy,  the  power  of  divine  grace  to  subdue 
(he  hardest  heart,  and  the  encouragement  that  Christians  have  never 
to  despair  of  the  salvation,  even  of  those  who  seem  to  have  thrown 
themselves  at  the  greatest  distance  from  divine  mercy." — Albany  Daily 
Citizen. 

"  This  is  one  of  the  happiest  efforts  of  this  exceedingly  popular  writer. 
Its  great  aim  appears  to  be  to  exhibit  the  truly  benevolent  influence  of 
real  piety  upon  the  heart  of  man,  as  well  as  the  degrading  nature  of  sin. 
The  narrative  is  admirably  sustained — the  waywardness  of  the  unre- 
generate  exhibited  in  living  colors,  and  so  interspersed  with  sketches  of 
the  'soldier's  life,'  as  to  add  a  thrilling  interest  to  the  whole.  It  forms 
a  neat  library  volume  of  near  $250  pages,  and  is  handsomely  printed  and 
bound  in  cloth." — Auburn  Journal. 

"  One  of  the  happiest  productions  of  the  author.  The  narrative  is 
well  sustained,  and  the  personages  and  character  are  true  to  nature." 
— Commercial  Advertiser. 


COMBINATION. 


wo  <_xu mac  wiiiuu  ucia  icu  iiiciii    vu  iguwuuiiji  umi 

carefully  avoided."— Boston  American  Traveller 


.   THE  DAISY— THE  YEW  TREE, 

Chapters  on  Flowers. 

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her  very  popular  Flower  Garden  Tales  for  those  who  prefer 
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JUD/EA  CAPTA. 

'Judaea  Capta,'  the  last  offering  from  the  pen  of  this  gifted  and  pop 
ular  writer,  will  be  esteemed  as  one  of  her  best  works.  It  is  a  graphic 
narrative  of  the  invasion  of  Judea  by  the  Roman  legions  under  Vespa 
sian  and  Titus,  presenting  affecting  views  of  the  desolation  of  her  towns 
and  cities,  by  the  ravages  of  iron-hearted,  bloodthirsty  soldiers,  and  of 
the  terrible  catastrophe  witnessed  in  the  destruction  of  Jerusalem 
The  narrative  is  interspersed  with  the  writer's  views  of  the  literal  ful 
filment  of  prophecy  concerning  the  Jews,  as  illustrated  in  their  extra 
ordinary  history,  and  with  remarks  contemplating  their  returning  pros 
perity.  Her  occasional  strictures  on  the  history  of  the  apostate  Josephus, 
who  evidently  wrote  to  please  his  imperial  masters,  appear  to  have 
been  well  merited.  The  work  is  issued  in  an  attractive  and  handsome 
volume." — Christian  Observer. 

"  If  the  present  should  prove  to  be  Charlotte  Elizabeth's  last  work, 
she  could  not  desire  to  take  her  departure  from  the  field  of  literature 
with  a  better  grace  ;  and  we  doubt  not  that  it  will  be  considered,  if  not 
the  best,  yet  among  the  best  of  her  productions.  It  is  full  of  scripture 
truth,  illustrated  by  the  charm  of  a  most  powerful  eloquence  ;  and  no 
one,  we  should  suppose,  could  read  it  without  feeling  a  fresh  interest 
in  behalf  of  the  Jewish  nation,  and  a  deeper  impression  of  the  truth 
and  greatness,  and  ultimate  triumph  of  Christianity."— Albany  Daily 
Advertiser. 

"This  volume  contains  a  description  of  some  of  the  most  terrific 
scenes  of  which  this  earth  has  been  the  theatre.  But  instead  of  con 
templating  them  merely  as  a  part  of  the  world's  history,  it  takes  into 
view  their  connection  with  the  great  scheme  of  Providence,  and  shows 
how  the  faithful  and  retributive  hand  of  God  is  at  work  amidst  the 
fiercest  tempest  of  human  passion.  The  work  contains  no  small  por 
tion  of  history,  a  very  considerable  degree  of  theology,  and  as  much 
beautiful  imagery  and  stirring  eloquence  as  we  often  find  within  the 
same  limits.  Those  who  have  the  other  works  from  the  same  pen, 
will  purchase  this  almost  of  course  ;  and  they  need  have  no  fear  that 
Jt  will  disappoint  any  expectation  which  its  predecessors  may  have 
awakened." — Albany  Religious  Spectator. 

Also  just  published — 

*THE  CHURCH  VISIBLE  IN  ALL  AGES." 

A  work,  making  attraction  to  the  youthful  as  well  as  the 
more  mature  mind,  a  deeply  interesting  and  important  subject. 


All  the  foregoing  are  printed  on  clear)  white  paper,  and 
bound  to  matcht  making  an  attractive  and  beautiful  set  of 
books.  They  are  sold  in  sets  or  separately,  varying1  from 
25  to  50  cents  per  volume.  When  purchased  for  Sabbath 
Schools,  a  liberal  deduction  is  made  from  the  above  prices. 
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THE  ATTRACTION  OF  THE  CROSS. 

The   Attraction  of    the  Cross,  designed  to  illustrate  the 
leading  Truths,  Obligations  and  Hopes  of  Christianity. 
By  Gardiner  Spring,  D.D.     12mo.     Fourth  edition. 
"  We  are  not  surprised  to  hear  that  Mr.  Dodd,  the  publisher,  has  al 
ready  issued  the  third  edition  of  the  Attraction  of  the  Cross,  by  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Spring.    It  is  the  ablest  and  most  finished  production  of  its  author, 
and  will  undoubtedly  take  its  place  in  that  most  enviable  position  in  the 
family,  as  a  volume  of  standard  reading,  to  be  the  comfort  of  the  aged 
and  the  guide  of  the  young.    We  commend  it  as  one  of  the  most  valua 
ble  issues  of  the  press."— .AT".  Y.  Observer. 

"  This  is  no  ordinary,  every-day  volume  of  sermons,   but  the  rich, 
ripe  harvest  of  a  cultivated  mind — the  result  of  long  and  systematic 
devotion  to  the  proper  work  of  the  Christian  ministry.    We  regard  Dr. 
Spring  as  one  of  the  most  accomplished  preachers  of  the  country.    We 
never  heard  him  preach  a  weak  discourse  ;   and  whenever  he  appears 
from  the  press,  it  is  with  words  of  wisdom  and  power.  A  careful  perusal 
of  this  admirable  book  has  afforded  us  great  pleasure.    We  do  not  won 
der  to  find  it  so  soon  in  a  third  edition.    It  will  have  a  lasting  reputa 
tion." — Baptist  Memorial. 

"  This  volume,  which  we  announced  two  weeks  ago,  and  which  we  then 
predicted  would  prove  to  be  the  most  excellent  and  valuable  work  yet 
written  by  Dr.  Spring,  has  more  than  equalled  our  expectations. ..... 

We  trust  that  every  family  in  our  land  will  read  this  precious  work, 
which  illustrates  so  beautifully  and  attractively  the  leading  truths,  ob 
ligations  and  hopes  of  Christianity,  as  reflected  from  the  Cross  of 
Christ." — Albany  Spectator. 

"  We  mistake  if  this  neatly-printed  volume  does  not  prove  one  of  the 
most  attractive  religious  works  of  the  day.  It  presents  the  practical 
truths  of  religion,  which  all  ought  to  know,  free  from  the  spirit  of  sect 
arianism  or  controversy.  The  book  is  prepared  for  permanent  use,  and 
bids  as  fair,  perhaps,  as  any  book  of  the  kind  in  our  times,  to  live  and 
speak  long  after  the  author  shall  have  gone  to  test  the  realities  he  has 
so  eloquently  described." — Journal  of  Commerce. 

"  Dr.  Spring's  new  work,  which  we  had  occasion  recently  to  announce, 
is  very  highly  commended  elsewhere.  A  New- York  letter  in  the  Boston 
Traveller  thus  introduces  it  to  notice : — '  A  new  work  of  Dr.  Spring, 
"  The  Attraction  of  the  Cross,"  has  been  published  by  M.  W.  Dodd,  of 
this  city.  , . .  "  The  Attraction  of  the  Cross"  is  destined  to  live  among 
the  very  best  productions  of  the  church  with  which  its  respected  author* 
is  connected.  The  style  is  remarkably  pure,  the  arrangements  of  the 
topics  lucid  and  methodical,  and  the  arguments  addressed  with  great 
force  to  the  reason  and  conscience.  It  will  stand  by  the  side  of  Ci  Dod- 
dridge's  Rise  and  Progress,"  "  Wilberforce's  View,"  or  the  "  Way  of 
Life,"  in  the  libraries  of  future  generations.'  " — Newark  Daily  Adv. 

"  None  will  wonder  at  the  rare  success  which  this  volume  has  won. 
who  have  read  it.  For  comprehensiveness  of  views,  beauty  of  style  and 
excellence  and  fervor  of  devotional  feeling,  few  works  have  lately  ap 
peared  that  surpass  it." — New-York  Evangelist. 

"  The  grand  relations  of  the  Cross,  its  holy  influences,  its  comforts  and 
its  triumphs,  are  here  exhibited  in  a  manner  cheering  to  the  heart  of 
the  Christian.  And  the  perusal  of  this  book  will,  we  venture  to  say, 
greatly  assist  and  comfort  the  children  of  God. . .  ."• — Presbyterian* 


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DR.    RICHARD'S    LECTURES. 

Lectures  on  Mental  Philosophy  and  Theology.  By  James 
Richards,  D.D.  Late  Professor  in  Auburn  Theological 
Seminary.  With  a  Sketch  of  his  Life.  By  Samuel  H. 
Gridley.  And  a  finely  engraved  likeness.  8vo. 

"  For  natural  vigour  of  mind,  practical  wisdom,  fervent  piety,  and  un 
wearied  diligence,  both  as  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  and  teacher  of  Theo 
logy,  the  professor  of  Theology  in  the  Theological  Seminary  at  Auburn 
stood  deservedly  high  in  the  estimation  of  all  who  knew  him  or  his  writ 
ings.  The  discussions  in  this  volume  relate  to  some  of  the  most  profound 
and  difficult  subjects,  yet  are  distinguished  for  great  clearness  of  method, 

strength  of  thought  and  simplicity  of  style We  only  regret  that 

the  taste  for  lighter  reading  will  probably  exclude  this  volume  from  the 
libraries  of  those  who  most  need  it.  To  students  in  Theology,  and  think 
ing  laymen,  it  presents  strong  allurements,  and  will  abundantly  compen 
sate  for  the  time  of  more  than  a  single  reading." — Com.  Adv. 

CHRISTIAN     IMPERFECTION. 

Lectures  on  the  Moral  Imperfection  of  Christians.  De 
signed  to  show  that  while  sinless  perfection  is  obligatory 
on  all,  it  is  attained  by  none.  By  Seth  Williston,  D.D. 
18mo. 

"  This  is  a  work  which  will  repay  many  a  reading.  In  force  of  reason 
ing,  felicity  of  illustration,  and  power  of  application  and  conclusion,  it 
will  commend  itself  to  the  strongest  intellect ;  while  the  Christian  will 
be  convinced,  that  the  Rev.  author,  instead  of  lowering  the  standard  of 
divine  graces  and  duties,  raises  it  to  the  highest  point  of  Christian  excel 
lence  and  to  the  perfections  of  God,  so  that  the  true  disciple  of  Christ  will 
be  led  to  humble  himself  before  God,  and  repent  daily  in  dust  and  ashes, 
of  his  involuntary  sins  of  omission  and  commission." — Alb.  Spectator. 

NEVINS'    SERMONS. 

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finely  engraved  portrait.     12mo. 

UNION    TO    CHRIST. 

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NON-CONFORMITY    TO    THE    WORLD, 

BY  THE  RENEWING  OF  THE  MIND. 
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FRAGMENTS; 

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IN  ADDTION  TO  THE  FOREGOING  IS  ALSO  PUBLISHED, 
MEMOIRS  OF  REV.  JOHN  WILLIAMS, 

Missionary  to  Polynesia.  By  Rev.  Ebenezer  Prout,  of  Hal- 
stead.  1  vol.  12mo. 

"Mr.  Dodd  has  published  a  fine  edition  of  Pr  out's  Memoirs  of  Rev, 
John  Williams,  Missionary  to  Polynesia.  The  lives  of  few  men  afford 
more  ample  material  for  an  instructive  and  interesting  biography  than 
that  of  Williams.  His  ardent,  energetic,  and  successful  labors  as  a 
Missionary  of  the  Cross,  are  almost  without  parallel.  His  self-denying 
and  eminently  prosperous  efforts  in  Polynesia  have  been  extensively 
before  the  public  in  the  '  Missionary  Enterprises?  and  the  friends  of 
missions  every  where  hold  him  in  affectionate  and  melancholy  re 
membrance  as  the 'Martyr  of  Erromanga.'  The  author  of  the  Me 
moir  now  published,  has,  without  drawing  largely  upon  the  facts  with 
which  the  Christian  public  are  already  familiar,  produced  a  volume 
of  intense  interest.  The  work  is  not  merely  the  eulogy,  but  the  his 
tory  of  the  active  and  efficient  life  of  a  man  whose  works  constantly 
spoke  his  praise,  even  to  the  hour  of  his  tragic  death.  We  take  plea* 
sure  in  commending  the  excellent  mechanical  execution  of  the  vol 
ume."— 

MEMOIR   OF  THE   LIFE,  LABORS,   AND   EXTENSIVE 
USEFULNESS  OF  THE  REV.  CHRISTMAS  EVANS, 

A  Distinguished  Minister  of  the  Baptist  Denomination  in 
Wales.  Extracted  from  the  Welsh  Memoir  by  David  Phil- 
lips.  1  vol.  I2mo.  With  portraits. 

"  One  or  two  specimens  of  the  preaching  of  this  celebrated  Welsh 
divine  have  been  extensively  read  in  this  country,  and  have  been  suffi 
cient  to  mark  the  author  as  a  man  of  extraordinary  genius.  We  are 
glad  to  know  more  of  him.  The  memoir  before  us  gives  a  succint 
account  of  his  life  and  labors,  and  presents  the  portraiture  of  a  man 
of  great  talents,  eminent  piety,  and  most  amiable  character.  There 
are  also  several  specimens  of  his  writings  which  are  exceedingly  in 
teresting,  and  an  account  of  the  oiigin.  nature,  and  influence  of  San- 
demanianiBra,  of  which  Evans  was  well  nigh  a  victim,  more  complete 
and  satisfactory  than  any  thing  we  have  ever  seen,  except  Andrew 
Fuller's  work  on  the  subject.  The  memoir  is  a  valuable  addition  to 
our  stock  of  religious  reading.  It  is  well  printed,  ana  adorned  with  a 
portrait  of  Evans,  the  features  of  which  are  Welsh  enough." — N,  Y. 
Evangelist* 

THE  ADVANCEMENT  OF  RELIGION  THE  CLAIMS 

OF  THE  TIMES. 

By  Andrew  Reed,  D.  D.,  with  a  Recommendatory  Introduc 
tion  by  Glardiner  Spring,  D.  D.     1  vol.  12mo. 
Dr.  Spring  says,  "  At  the  request  of  the  publishers  I  have  paid  some 
attention  to  lite  work  of  Dr.  Reed,  with  the  view  of  expressing  my 
humble  judgment  of  its  merits.    The  reverend  author  is  favorably 
known  to  th«  churches  of  this  country,  and  tTtis  work  will  detract 
nothing  from  his  reputation. 


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With  portions  of  it  I  have  been  exceedingly  interested,  as  throwing 
together  very  important  thoughts  upon  the  most  important  topics  of 
religious  instruction,  well  arranged  and  favorably  expressed.  The 
•work  evidently  cost  the  author  time,  effort,  and  prayer ;  and  it  is  well 
worth  the  labor  and  solicitude  it  cost.  Whoever  reads  it  will  be  abun 
dantly  compensated,  and  if  he  reads  it  with  the  spirit  with  which  it 
was  written,  cannot  fail  to  become  a  more  enlightened  and  useful 
Christian.  The  object  and  aim  of  the  writer  is  not  a  selfish  one,  but  it 
is  to  do  good.  He  takes  a  wide  range,  and  yet  having  read  the  work 
the  attentive  reader  will  find  that  the  substance  of  it  is  easily  remem 
bered.  If  our  churches  and  pur  ministers  would  possess  themselves 
of  its  principles  and  imbibe  its  spirit,  they  would  have  less  cause  to 
lament  the  decay  of  vital  godliness,  either  in  their  own  hearts,  their 
families,  or  their  congregations. 

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attractive  form  in  which  he  presents  this  volume  to  the  public,  and  I 
take  great  pleasure  in  recommending  it  to  all  who  purchase  books  for 
the  sake  of  reading  them." 

PRAYERS   FOR  THE  USE  OF  FAMILIES;   OR  THE 
DOMESTIC   MINISTER'S  ASSISTANT. 

By  William  Jay,  author  of  Sermons,  Discourses,  &c.,  &c. 
From  the  last  London  Edition.  With  an  Appendix,  con 
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published,  and  by  a  large  class  of  Christians  we  doubt  not  that  it  is 
considered  invaluable.  The  present  edition  will  be  still  more  desirable 
to  American  Christians,  who  will  not  fail  to  thank  the  publisher  for 
the  fine  form  in  which  he  has  presented  it." — Courier  fy  New  York 
Enquirer. 

A  GOLDEN  TREASURY  FOR  "~^  ^UI1  HREN  OF  GOD. 

Consisting  of  Select  Texts  of  the  Bible,  with  Practical  Obser 
vations,  in  Prose  and  Verse,  for  every  day  in  the  year.  By 
C.  H.  V.  Bogatzky.  A  new  edition,  carefully  revised  and 
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ably  suited  to  the  religious  wants  of  families  than  the  work  before  us. 
There  is  a  lesson  for  every  day  in  the  year  ;  a  portion  of  Scripture  is 
taken  and  such  reflections  are  given  as  the  text  suggests.  Tnose  fam 
ilies  who  are  in  the  laudable  habit  of  calling  their  household  together 
in  the  morning  cannot  do  better  than  procure  this  work.  The  por 
tion  assigned  for  each  morning  lesson  is  short,  but  full  of  the  true 
spirit  of  Christianity,  and  could  not  fail  to  have  a  salutary  influence 
upon  the  thoughts  and  actions  of  the  day.  It  is  got  up  in  the  style  of 
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THE  BOOK  THAT  WILL  SUIT  YOU; 

Or  a  Word  for  Every  One.     By  Rev.  James  Smith,  Author  of 
"  Believer's  Daily  Remembrancer,"  &c. 

"An  elegant  little  hand  book  of  some  300  pages  16mo.,  and  by  an  En 
\jlish  author  Its  contents  are  a  rare  selection  of  topics,  treated  briefly 
~JQ  suit  the  circumstances  of  those  who  have  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes 
wo  spend  in  reading,  which  it  would  be  wicked  to  throw  away,  and  yet 
Jiscouraging  to  commence  a  heavier  volume.  *  The  Successful  Mo- 
iner,'  '  The  Child's  Guide,'  '  The  Husband's  example,'  *  The  Wife's 
Rule,* — these  are  some  of  the  topics  taken  promiscuously  frcm  the 
book  ;  and  they  show  the  author's  mind  to  be  travelling  in  the  right  di 
rection,  viz. :  towards  the  theory  of  life's  daily  practice.  We  hope 
that  the  time  is  near  when  Christian  parlors  will  be  emptied  of  '  The 
Book  of  Fashion,'  '  Somebody's  Lady's  Book,'  etc.,  etc.,  made  up  of 
love  stories  mawkishly  told,  and  other  drivelling  nonsense ;  and  their 
places  supplied  with  works  like  the  '  Book  that  will  Suit  you' — no  less 
pleasing,  and  far  more  useful." 

GRACE  ABOUNDING  TO  THE  CHIEF  OF  SINNERS, 

In  a  faithful  account  of  the  Life  and  death  of  John  Bunyan, 
pp.  176. 

"  We  are  pleased  to  see  a  very  handsome  edition  of  this  admirable 
treatise.  It  is  just  published,  and  will  be  eagerly  sought  after  by  all 
who  admire  the  spirit  and  genius  of  this  remarkable  man  whose  '  Pil 
grims  Progress'  stands  nearly  if  not  quite  at  the  head  of  religious  lite 
rature." 

KIND  WORDS  FOR  THE  KITCHEN  ; 

Or  Illustrations  of  Humble  Life.     By  Mrs.  Copley. 

"This  admirable  little  volume  is  the  production  of  Mrs.  Esther 
Copley,  (late  Mrs.  Hewlett,)  whose  popularity  as  an  authoress  has  long 
been  established  upon  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic.  The  welfare  of  that 
interesting  and  important  part  of  society  who  discharge  the  domestic 
duties  of  life  has  long  engaged  the  attention  of  this  distinguished  and 
accomplished  lady. 

"  We  have  read  the  '  Kind  Words  for  the  Kitchen,'  with  a  firm  con 
viction  that  it  is  the  best  work  we  have  ever  seen  in  so  small  a  com 
pass  for  its  designed  purpose  ;  it  suggests  all  that  a  sense  of  duty  would 
lead  the  head  of  a  well  regulated  household  to  advise,  and  having 
loaned  the  book  to  ladies  distinguished  for  their  judgment  and  skill  a's 
heads  of  well-governed  families,  they  have  urged  its  publication  with 
a  few  omissions  of  matter  deemed  inappropriate  to  our  country. 

"  We  believe  almost  every  Christian  lady  will  be  glad  to  place  such  a 
manual  of  sound  instruction  in  the  hands  of  her  domestics,  and  that 
which  is  kindly  bestowed  will  generally  be  gratefully  received.  With 
an  assurance  that  the  general  diffusion  of  this  book  would  accomplish 
a  most  valuable  service  in  binding  together  more  closely  the  interests 
of  the  employer  and  the  employed,  and  softening  down  the  asperities 
which  so  frequently  grow  out  of  the  ill  performed  duties  of  the  house 
hold  sphere,  we  should  rejoice  to  know  that  this  little  volume  was 
placed  by  the  side  of  the  Bible  in  every  kitchen  of  our  country.' 


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SERMONS,  NOT  BEFORE  PUBLISHED,  ON  VARIOUS 
PRACTICAL  SUBJECTS. 

By  the  late  Edward  Dorr  Griffin,  D.  D. 

"  Dr.  Griffin  may  be  regarded  as  having  been  a  prince  among  the 
princes  of  the  American  pulpit.  He  left  a  large  number  of  sermons 
carefully  revised  and  ready  for  publication,  part  of  which  were  pub 
lished  shortly  after  his  death,  but  the  greater  portion  of  which  consti 
tute  the  present  volume.  They  are  doubtless  among  the  ablest  dis 
courses  of  the  present  day,  and  are  alike  fitted  to  disturb  the  delusions 
of  guilt,  to  quicken  and  strengthen,  and  comfort  the  Christian,  and  to 
serve  as  a  model  to  the  theological  student,  who  would  construct  his 
discourses,  in  a  way  to  render  them  at  once  the  most  impressive,  and 
the  most  edifying." 

A  MEMOIR  OF  THE  REV.  LEGH  RICHMOND,  A.M. 
Rector  of  Turvey,  Bedfordshire.    By  Rev.  T.  S.  Grimshaw, 
A.  M.,  Rector  of  Burton-Latimer,  &c.  Seventh  American 
from  the  last  London  Edition,  with  a  handsome  Portrait  on 
Steel. 

"We  have  here  a  beautiful  reprint  of  one  of  the  best  books  of  its 
class,  to  be  found  in  our  language.  Such  beauty  and  symmetry  of  cha 
racter,  such  manly  intelligence  and  child -like  simplicity,  such  official 
dignity  and  condescending  meekness,  such  warmth  of  zeal  united  with 
a  perception  of  fitness  which  always  discerns  the  right  thing  to  be 
done,  and  an  almost  faultless  prudence  in  doing  it, — are  seldom  found 
combined  in  the  same  person.  It  is  a  book  for  a  minister,  and  a  book 
for  parishioners ;  a  book  for  the  lovers  of  nature,  and  a  book  for  the 
friends  of  God  and  of  his  species.  Never  perhaps  were  the  spirits  and 
duties  of  a  Christian  Pastor  more  happily  exemplified.  Never  did 
warmer  or  purer  domestic  affections  throb  in  a  human  bosom,  or  exer 
cise  themselves  more  unceasingly  and  successfully  for  the  comfort,  the 
present  well-being  and  final  salvation  of  sons  and  daughters.  From  no 
heart  probably,  did  ever  good  will  flow  out  to  men,  in  a  fuller,  warmer 
current.  In  a  word,  be  was  the  author  of  the  '  Dairyman's  Daughter/ 
and  the  '  Young  Cottager.' 

"  The  engraved  likeness  of  Mr.  Richmond  alone  is  worth  the  cost  of 
the  work  ;  as  illustrative  of  the  uncommon  benignity  that  adorned  and 
endeared  the  man  to  his  friends  and  the  world." 

UNCLE  BARNABY; 

Or  Recollections  of  his  Character  and  Opinions,  pp.  316. 

"  The  religion  of  this  book  is  good— the  morality  excellent,  and  the 
mode  of  exhibiting  their  important  lessons  can  hardly  be  surpassed  in 
anything  calculated  to  make  them  attractive  to  the  young,  or  successful 
in  correcting  anything  bad  in  their  habits  or  morals.  There  are  some 
twenty  chapters  on  as  many  common  sayings  and  maxims,  occurrences 
and  incidents— in  this  respect  bearing  a  resemblance  to  4  the  Prompter, 
a  somewhat  oracular  book  forty  or  fifty  years  ago.  It  is  an  excellent 
book  to  keep  in  a  family,  and  may  be  alike  beneficial  to  parents  and 
children." 


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direct  contravention  of  the  teachings  of  Divine  Truth." — New  York 
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the  other,  the  thankfulness  and  gratitude  with  which  he  receives  un 
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aries  in  Hindostan,  who  was  removed  from  the  Church  militant  prior 
to  their  arrival  at  their  appointed  station.  It.  is  an  instructive  deline 
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young  women,  by  displaying  the  excellency  of  the  Christian  religion, 
and  should  be  placed  in  the  Sunday  School  Library  for  the  special 
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worthy  of  imitation  by  those  of  her  sex  who  shall  have  the  good  fos> 
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ripe  for  heaven.  She  lived  and  acted  while  life  was  hers  far  the  great 
«nd  of  being  ;  and  no  one  of  her  sex  could  read  this  development  of 
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dovetailing  of  the  translator's  charming  imagination  into  the  text— for 
she  tells  us  that  she  has  added  to  the  original — though  it  is  so  very  in 
geniously  done  that  it  is  quite  impossible  for  us  at  least  to  discover  the 
•spots  in  the  wainscot.'  The  little  volume  furnishes  one  of  the  few 
instances  in  which  a  work  professing  to  be  written  for  children,  has 
been  successful.  It  is  not  written  down  to  their  feelings  and  compre 
hensions  but  exactly  upon  a  level  with  them.  Its  language,  and  the  inci 
dents  of  the  tale  are  precisely  what  they  should  be  to  make  an  im 
pression  and  do  good.  There  is  no  baby  talk  about  it,  and  yet,  every 
.thing  is  so  said  as  to  adapt  itself  at  once  to  the  capacity  of  the  young 
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of  arresting  the  attention  and  winning  the  regard  of  the  young.  His 
fctories  are  simple  and  natural ;  having  a  direct  religious  tendency, 
and  cannot  fail  to  exert  a  salutary  influence  upon  the  juvenile  mind.*' 
—Boston  Merc.  Journal. 

THE  TRAVELER, 

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MEMOIR  OF  MRS.  ELIZABETH  B.  DWIGHT; 

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a  passing  notice,  and  in  our  opinion  it  is  a  work  of  great  value. 

"  His  first  great  object  in  these  lectures  is  to  teach  man  to  know 
himself.  The  second,  is  to  give  the  science  of  man  a  direct  bearing 
upon  other  sciences,  and  especially  upon  religion  and  theology.  The 
execution  of  the  work  renders  it  admirably  adapted  to  popular  user 
and  it  should  be  studied  by  all.  The  clergyman  should  study  it.  The 
lawyer  would  derive  great  advantage  from  it.  The  physician  cann<r< 
foe  master  of  his  profession  without  it."— N.  Y.  Com.  Adv. 

A  RESIDENCE  OF   EIGHT  YEARS  *N  PERSIA, 

Among  the  Nestorian  Christians.  With  Notices  of  the  Mil* 
hammedans.  By  Rev.  Justin  Perkins.  With  Maps  and 
twenty-seven  beautiful  colored  plates*  1  voll  8vo. 

"The  attention  of  the  Christian  public  has  been  ealled  of  late  years 
with  great  interest  to  the  Nestorians  of  Persia,  and  the  recent  visit  to- 
this  country  by  Rev.  Justin  Perkins  and  Bishop  Mar  Yohanan,  has- 
awakened  still  greater  anxiety  to  know  more  of  this  people,  '  the 
vsnerable  remnant  of  a  once  great  and  influential  Christian  Church.' 
The  theory  of  Br.  Grant,  that  this  people  are  the  lost  tribes  of  Israel, 
has  attracted  considerable  attention,  though  since  the  examination  of 
that  theory  by  Br.  Robinson,  we  do  not  think  it  has  very  generally 
been  embraced.  These  are  obvious  reasons  to  account  for  the  anxiety 
with  which  the  work  of  Mr.  Perkins  has  been  looked  for  since  his  in 
tention  to  prepare  a  work  on  Persia  was  announced,  a»d  we  are  quite' 
confident  that  the  public  expectation  will  be  more  than  answered  by 
the  graphic  interest,  the  valuable  information,  and  unique  embellish 
ments  of  the  volume  jwst  issued.  .  .  .  Mr.  Perkins  has  made  a  valuable 
contribution  to  the  literature  and  science  of  our  country,  as  well  as  to 
missionary  annals.  This  handsome  volume  should  adorn  the  library 
of  every  literary  institution,  and.  of  every  man  of  intelligence,  and  \v& 
trust  it  will  thus  be  widely  circulated." — N.  Y.  Observer 

HISTORY  OF  THE  AMERICAN  BOARD  OF  COMMIS 
SIONERS  FOR  FOREIGN  MISSIONS. 

Compiled  chiefly  from  the  Published  and  Unpublished  Docu 
ments  of  the  Board.  By  Joseph  Tracy.  Second  edition^ 
carefully  revised  and  enlarged.  1  vol.  8vo. 

"Mr.  Tracy  has  performed  his  work  well,  and  it  is  one  that  should" 
b«  found  in  the  library  of  every  intelligent  citizen.  It  is  interesting 
in  matter  and  subjects,  and  invaluable  for  a  reference.  The  volume 
is  handsomely  printed,  and  illustrated  with  numerous  plates,  some  of 
which  vrere  drawn  and  engraved  and  printed  by  natives  at  Missionary 

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